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28th December - Law News

Edition 3654: 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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Season's Greetings to all our readers.

 Today's Highlighted Video Story: Hundreds of millions of people don’t have access to electricity. But all over the world, people are joining forces to provide a home-grown solution by setting up their own “microgrids” using renewable energy.


Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Staff working for an outsourcing firm owned by Tory donor Michael Ashcroft are planning a walkout over a denial of their employment rights https://t.co/K5EmeSqxhc 
  • Biotech grad bags SQE1 scholarship for essay on ‘why STEM students make great lawyers’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xnoOzLNPeu 
  • [Dengue outbreak] Amend laws to increase fine on people who enable mosquitoes to breed: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/TXy60LgoFk 
  • Eco-protest barrister to go to European Court of Human Rights after contempt ruling upheld - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VlQmm421a1 
  • A police officer said he was "honestly shocked" to see a badly-damaged car being driven along the M25 from Kent to Surrey after a crash. Surrey PC Serge Hadfield stopped the car near Cobham on Sunday after a call reporting it to police https://t.co/zo8AewwPFS 
  • 7 Christmas movie characters as the people you meet at law school - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Sq9Ntdv7cy
  • Animal protection laws are failing animals – but there is a solution - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/yyyAOSynni 
  • Dishonest litigants cannot be allowed to abuse process of court: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/KyAVEGLTIr 
  • Law student-led Oxford Uni a cappella group returns with seasonal banger - Legal Cheek https://t.co/599g8RiSUb 
  • A group of Oxfordshire outdoor swimmers were forced to cancel their Boxing Day river dip after a water company announced a "sewage release" on Christmas Day https://t.co/8mjy44Mn2U 
  • Police are investigating a video linked to a man who was found with a crossbow at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day. The person is shown addressing the camera saying they wanted to "assassinate the Queen" in a "revenge" mission https://t.co/r3zaZMSVC4 
  • 5 strategies to become a legal thought leader in 2022 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/K7kZadeXQF 
  • Plans in England for car chargers in all commercial car parks quietly rolled back: Only new or refurbished commercial buildings should install charge points, the DfT says, citing fears over cost https://t.co/S0DxGl6wuu 
  • 2022, the year of change at the Supreme Court: Eight judges to retire, two new Chief Justices of #India | Bar & Bench https://t.co/z6yhc9cTnX
  • 'Legal Font Wars’: Supreme Court’s switch to Calibri sparks debate among lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Hv6Jd9hBWX 
  • The Taliban have said #Afghan women seeking to travel long distances by road should be offered transport only if accompanied by a male relative https://t.co/7qYZftQOpR
  • Stepmothers might not have same affection for child like biological mothers: Karnataka High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fYqbQnN2Na 
  • Police have sent a written apology to the family of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson, six months after an officer who Tasered him and kicked him in the head was jailed for manslaughter https://t.co/eQneL1SXcy
  • A legacy for us all: Kathleen Folbigg and the need for a Criminal Cases Review Commission in NSW - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/hu3ZjOJAZJ 
  • Delhi High Court rejects suit seeking ban on Waseem Rizvi's book on Prophet Mohammed | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yj6zaTcP4a
  • Revealed: The best law firms for training and quality of work 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Qww9DgZWAM
  • ‘It doesn’t matter how you want to practise law’: The benefits of non-traditional working models - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/3m1pvi2maP 
  • ‘The supply chain is in crisis’ and other issues in maritime law - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/DdVGrchHEX
  • New Covid restrictions have come into force in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as the nations try to halt the surge in infections https://t.co/uBW47CQd4W 
  • Four fights in the long Scottish battle for right to roam: Successes and failures include the Stagecoach founder’s Perthshire castle and a footpath near a family bungalow https://t.co/hIOVBhwlUV