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20th December - Law News

Edition 3646: 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: Thousands of protesters marched through Brussels against recent COVID restrictions. A strong police presence was deployed on the streets and 13 arrests were made.

Focus of the Day Story: The number of solicitors working in-house has risen ‘significantly’ in the past decade, amid a UK-wide boost in legal services output | New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • UK-Israel deal reflects Britain’s ambitions in the Middle East - in an effort to increase its post-Brexit geopolitical clout, London is strengthening its relations with states accused of gross human abuses https://t.co/Bez9VcVhbI 
  • Christmas curbs could be brought in within days, says Sajid Javid: Health secretary expected to announce whether social mixing will be curtailed over festive period https://t.co/fKfQkSzr9
  • Supreme Court has consistently not agreed to establishing its Benches outside Delhi: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Zlxg6E3S9A
  • Met Police officer has been charged with sexual communication with a child. PC Will Scott-Barrett, who is based in intelligence command, was charged in November following an investigation by the force's online child sexual abuse and exploitation unit https://t.co/jbMv60uq2
  • Lessons for lawyers from the 2021 property market - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/1q2ObuVt7X
  • Criminal lawyers make 'boring' dinner party guests, says judge - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1qzoXIWCF
  • Secret Justice Review: The Special Advocates respond to the Government’s submission - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/sa5KsSciZ1
  • UK fishing licences for bottom-trawling could be unlawful, says Oceana https://t.co/FvNAQZBJhw
  • Sister of Sameer Wankhede files defamation complaint against Nawab Malik in Mumbai Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fzJTiQRcxz
  • Bristol man who rioted at ‘kill the bill’ protest jailed for 14 years https://t.co/yUMynurJK5
  • Online law school launches £7k LLM with SQE prep - Legal Cheek https://t.co/aUUlOdF8h2
  • Direct access to barristers 'could improve justice outcomes' for ethnic minorities | Law Gazette https://t.co/zXYx3SMKAp
  • Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has been kicked out of a Conservative WhatsApp group after urging ungrateful MPs to show the prime minister "a bit of loyalty" https://t.co/t9jUnIMN2F
  • Akin Gump announces big bonuses for London lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EduFUIjdZ5 
  • Plea claims case decided in 2013 listed for "fresh hearing" in 2018: Supreme Court orders enquiry by Madras High Court CJ | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/mvp9M3V5P
  • USA successfully appeals Assange case - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/yr5nh0ua28
  • Is lawyer fashion evolving? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/dxR1yg8L8T 
  • BPP to offer free SQE and bar ‘bridge courses’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FJku1fdVYH 
  • Police in the #Indian city of Amritsar say a man suspected of trying to commit a sacrilegious act at Sikh holy shrine has been beaten to death by worshippers and guards https://t.co/U9IFDsPQkX 
  • Former Supreme Court judge Justice GT Nanavati passes away | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/NYfIdHNc7i
  • Tackling climate change: human rights campaigners or shareholders? Law Pod UK latest - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/aPJf8VemH6
  • High Court judge left unimpressed after barristers spoke too quickly - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PEDpw40aaD 
  • Ghislaine Maxwell trial: attorneys and judge hash out jury instructions https://t.co/hOlKptLsgv 
  • Victoria opens 5th Specialist Family Violence Court - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/QXcaYZ6gvR
  • Slaughter and May joins magic circle rivals in upping NQ pay to £107.5k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2CfNxtf4M
  • [Bhima Koregaon] Kin of Stan Swamy moves Bombay High Court to clear "guilt" attached to Swamy’s name, restore reputation https://t.co/f86lZ2wx8Y
  • Millions of daffodils ‘will rot’ if Brexit denies UK farmers foreign workers https://t.co/goipAo3g6h
  • #French ski season in disarray as UK tourists banned https://t.co/uLSsL8zChY
  • The High Court has dismissed solicitor Soophia Khan’s application to adjourn a committal hearing in relation to two contempt applications brought by the Solicitors Regulation Authority | Law Gazette https://t.co/waOEJL3wvF 
  • Police suffer minor injuries in London scuffles with anti-vax protesters https://t.co/ei2fFXPrit