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1st December - Law News

Edition 3627: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011  

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Barbados has become the world's newest republic, officially removing Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. In an overnight ceremony in the capital, Bridgetown, Dame Sandra Mason was sworn in as president.

Focus of the Day Story: Women, ethnic and other minorities and young people in the legal profession are most likely to suffer from depression, showing a link between wellbeing and issues of equality, diversity and inclusion, according to a high-level report.  Full story - Legal Futures 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Sir Declan Morgan to deliver lecture on Northern Ireland’s chief justices | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zre2VC72zu
  • Some supermarkets will not enforce mask wearing - most unwilling to police mask wearing https://t.co/I5Skgmcsn4
  • My legal life: Liam Symonds, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/iXlgWqBZd5
  • Draconian border security doesn’t work and costs lives. Why is Britain pushing it? Our politicians say they want to stop smuggling. What they mean is they want to stop migration https://t.co/kOVBvDFcR1
  • The law is the boss, Sir Stephen | Law Gazette https://t.co/bixBspX0H8 
  • Brigid Napier elected president of Law Society of Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/MuLNKmWk7l
  • Greece is to make Covid vaccinations mandatory for people aged 60 and over. Fines of €100 (£85) will be imposed at monthly intervals from mid-January on those who refuse, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said https://t.co/vyOrjo1xW9
  • Commercial property expert steps down after 48 years | Law Gazette https://t.co/Qgn2MwtzmE 
  • Scottish Legal Complaints Commission reports strong performance - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0eCJAdHk9v
  • #Dutch Covid case: Carolina Pimenta tested positive for Covid-19 after landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on a flight from South Africa on Friday. She was arrested by military police on Sunday night on a plane about to take off for Spain https://t.co/2GzOf7RGy6
  • News focus: Efforts to curb ‘SLAPPs’ gaining momentum | Law Gazette https://t.co/YvwDFecJqv 
  • The co-founder of a neo-Nazi group has been found guilty of being a member of a banned terrorist organisation. Ben Raymond, 32, from Swindon, was part of National Action, a group which wanted to wage a "white Jihad" and race war in Britain https://t.co/F91iqa4P5
  • Whistleblower tells inquiry of ‘shocking’ abuse at immigration detention centre - Former officer who filmed undercover footage at Brook House, says managers were complicit https://t.co/vad2MYLg4J
  • Official judgment portal set to go live | Law Gazette https://t.co/dQozJnVLWt
  • Facebook's parent company, Meta, has been ordered to sell Giphy by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority. The company, then known simply as Facebook, bought the Gif-sharing search engine last year for a reported $315m (£236m) https://t.co/7GYLUW9xW2
  • Kirsty Yuill: Upcoming changes to the Highway Code - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fYFulKZ8PD
  • Child abusers in England and Wales could face life in jail under tougher sentencing plans unveiled by ministers. It follows a campaign for Tony's Law by the adoptive family of seven-year-old Tony Hudgell, who had both legs amputated following abuse https://t.co/KDiilqf9wz
  • Mystery surrounds solicitor's case five days after arrest warrant | Law Gazette https://t.co/JEIN1JTlAs
  • MASI wins Bar of Ireland’s annual human rights award | Irish Legal News https://t.co/lDrIGvECpW
  • Blueprint for family court monitoring mechanism unveiled - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/WwBD8FxrP4
  • Call for sentencing guidelines for child sex offenders | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ksmCfnbQFQ 
  • MI6 chief Richard Moore has warned of China's "debt traps and data traps" in his first live broadcast interview. Mr Moore - known as "C" - also denied the fall of Afghan capital Kabul was an intelligence failure https://t.co/VwprfkLk83
  • US organisation seeking unexplained wealth order for Donald Trump’s Scottish properties has petition refused by Outer House - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/u270qOb3Ty
  • Ex-barrister who harassed former lover has life sentence quashed | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZLPpi1vG0N
  • Covid dents world trade hopes | Law Gazette https://t.co/30D5foL4H0 
  • Susan Neill-Fraser loses latest appeal against murder conviction - Two out of three judges concluded evidence presented was ‘not fresh, not compelling’ #Australia https://t.co/BVcmxhIiyS 
  • Regulators and younger investors shift City priorities | Law Gazette https://t.co/B6LiDl8A4V 
  • #Argentina court to investigate Myanmar war crimes against Rohingya Muslims https://t.co/Efoefrr5JE 
  • Lawyer in the news: Shirin Marker, Bindmans, London - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/b7nM3o5bSl
  • Labour picks non-lawyer as shadow justice secretary | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y4VHCMGAdL 
  • Mask rules 'ignored' at Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre, claims medic - The consultant, who does not wish to be named, said he left a show at the Wales Millennium Centre, after about 80% of audience took off their masks with many coughing https://t.co/PGA6M0rkUx 
  • An undercover reporter has told a public inquiry into the mistreatment of detainees at the Brook House immigration removal centre where staff mocked and humiliated a naked man https://t.co/4Zciiig9H4