Edition 3656: 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: How white mobs firebombed homes and decimated a Black community in Illinois, US.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Madras High Court decides to revert to full physical hearing from January 3 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/2Jbpu0rmW9
- New legislation would allow for military service in lieu of prison time #US https://t.co/ps4y2zYKxb
- Colorado judge asked to consider reducing 110-year prison sentence for truck driver #US https://t.co/zGn80LLpwN
- Judge says ‘Fr Ted defence’ not credible in money mule case #Ireland https://t.co/JfzclmRtVr
- #US Chief Justice Roberts receives highest approval rating among federal leaders: poll https://t.co/fvZk98898
- Cantopop singer-actress turned political activist Denise Ho was among six people arrested on suspicion of sedition by #HongKong’s national security police force https://t.co/mtj3JBPVpq
- #US Justice Department boosts funds to cities to battle rise in crime https://t.co/jUBEyysO7R
- A new public funded legal aid scheme could be established if Jersey politicians approve. In public/criminal cases legal aid is currently provided by the law society of Jersey, but the new scheme would see public money used for the first time https://t.co/gnet9aHbZ
- A new fellowship program will train law school professors and administrators in the use of data and experimental design, in an attempt to address a lack of diversity in law schools and the industry at large #US https://t.co/wZxBfV5olw
- Prince Andrew ‘Optimistic’ Despite Year of Legal Hell Ahead https://t.co/T5hbF7ozJb
- Sarah
Weddington: tributes paid to lawyer who argued and won Roe v Wade -
‘Remarkable woman’ Weddington hailed for role in 1973 case that
established right to abortion https://t.co/20NYJnBjHB
- Scots have been urged not to travel to England for new year celebrations to get around the more stringent Covid-19 restrictions north of the border https://t.co/V1RNY6ak2C
- Indonesia says it will push back #Rohingya refugees adrift on leaking boat: Around 120 Muslim refugees were trying to reach Malaysia when their vessel reportedly foundered off the coast of Aceh, Sumatra https://t.co/DKIVD6kqAX
- Agreement to attend a late appeal does not mean an agreement to extend a decision period https://t.co/VtUCCdQhHZ
- Prince Andrew lawyer seeks to halt US case as accuser ‘lives in Australia’ - Lawyer argues court does not have jurisdiction as Virginia Giuffre’s ties to Colorado are ‘very limited’ https://t.co/VHoBIlaBCR
- Michelin-starred chef sued for discrimination 'for asking Sikh worker to remove bangle' https://t.co/x3eSKUlRGd
- Tarmac boss, 89, who suffers from dementia wins an unfair dismissal case https://t.co/YTAPLkuEUD
- One of the last pro-democracy media organisations in Hong Kong, Stand News, is shutting down after it was raided by police and senior staff were arrested https://t.co/BNnCajIhs0
- Pharmacists are warning of patchy supplies of rapid Covid tests following changes to self-isolation rules https://t.co/DwR4S6lgpy
- Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial: jury begins second week of deliberations - Former Theranos chief faces 11 criminal charges, alleging she duped investors and patients over blood-testing technology #US https://t.co/QmE5MLdIU8
- The #US Supreme Court will overturn the law recognizing a woman’s fundamental right to choose an abortion. The only question is whether it will go even further and jeopardize women’s equality, reproductive rights, and family privacy rights for all https://t.co/H1KTRXch6d
- Police officer took selfies at murder scene and sent racist WhatsApp images: Tribunal details litany of offences over six years by PC Ryan Connolly, who resigned from Merseyside force before hearing https://t.co/k3wPFP5yUT
- Australian man ‘cannot leave Israel for 8,000 years’ over unpaid child support - Noam Huppert says he is subject to travel ban until the year 9999 because he owes £1.8m to ex-wife https://t.co/UaufRL80M6
- Food scientist wins £19,000 after boss fired him saying he was lying https://t.co/nCxtxLyPmO
- #Myanmar massacre: two Save the Children staff among dead: Charity says the two men, both new fathers, were killed in massacre of more than 30 people blamed on junta troops https://t.co/YuJMtl8pTv
- Telling people to ‘follow the science’ won’t save the planet. But they will fight for justice https://t.co/EuT07f8DvA
