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31st December - Law News

Edition 3657: 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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Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Justice minister backs legalizing illegal outpost where terror victim studied #Israel https://t.co/T3KVa7bK9
  • #Pakistan Ministry of Law and Justice on Tuesday constituted a 40-member special committee in line with the requirement of Section 15 of the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act 2021 https://t.co/CTgd0cH8zT
  • A man facing several public order offences ended up representing himself at Enniskillen Magistrates Court after his barrister asked to come off record during the hearing on Monday https://t.co/O8G40wNpF6
  • Two members of pop-punk activist group Pussy Riot have been listed as "foreign agents" by the #Russian government, along with journalists and other prominent figures. An updated list was published by the Russian justice ministry https://t.co/cQ4cgYBslr 
  • The BBC says an interview with lawyer Alan Dershowitz after the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell did not meet its editorial standards https://t.co/izijvzA4a2
  • UK nationals will be allowed to travel through #France if they are going to their home in an EU country during the festive period. France suspended its Covid restriction after UK travellers faced difficulties reaching their country of residence https://t.co/U51VFE5wN
  • UK Law Enforcement Shares 585 Million Compromised Passwords With "Have I Been Pwned" Website, 225 Million Are New https://t.co/VtosonG4IN
  • California Man Sentenced to Life Followed by 30 Years in Prison for Federal Hate Crimes Related to 2019 Poway Synagogue Shooting and Attempted Mosque Arson #US https://t.co/yq5zk7n0Zz
  • Hairdresser loses sex discrimination tribunal after claiming her boss gave her £100 for new clothes https://t.co/fFbduw1uae 
  • Anecdotes shared by a retired Fife solicitor in his tell-all book about his time in the legal profession https://t.co/aRzLcl1zf
  • Amazon tribe suffers mercury contamination as illegal gold mining spreads #Brazil https://t.co/L0C7uRv4ny
  • Police Federation data breach: Keller Lenkner UK serves group litigation notice | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/73Jpv4VQPC 
  • New legislation would allow military service in lieu of prison time #US https://t.co/aSqHwLXiHy 
  • Derbyshire man waged ‘continued campaign of harassment’ against neighbours, police and a solicitor https://t.co/R6fcsNlS1H
  • The Liverpool bomber died from an explosion and fire caused by a device he manufactured with "murderous intent", a coroner has ruled. Emad Al Swealmeen was killed when his bomb went off while he was inside a taxi at Liverpool Women's Hospital https://t.co/D2T5eHoj17
  • Legal tech buzzed throughout 2021 with IPOs, new 'unicorns' https://t.co/fMLyIsb1ph
  • Obituaries: Campbell Watson, solicitor well known in Kinross community https://t.co/CZKLM0J7OF
  • Call for law change to stop abusive partners inheriting from their victims https://t.co/Zxx5qoPtT7 
  • B.C. law society will give ‘serious and thoughtful deliberation’ to governance report: president | The Lawyer's Daily #Canada https://t.co/YnpvUalgsO
  • An inquest has been announced into the deaths of two mothers who died from herpes shortly after giving birth. Kim Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy gave birth by Caesarean section weeks apart at different hospitals that are part of the East Kent NHS Trust https://t.co/nqnS8dwEww 
  • Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted of grooming teenagers for abuse by Jeffrey Epstein. What are the implications for her former friend Prince Andrew? https://t.co/Zvvnlruftx 
  • Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of recruiting & trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein. She was found guilty on five of the six counts she faced - including that of sex trafficking a minor #US https://t.co/YqbmUMWvHN 
  • How the Rise of Machine Identities Impacts Enterprise Security Strategies https://t.co/IDO3K2PeLI
  • Key moments from Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial: The trial offered a rare look into the social circles she and Jeffrey Epstein moved in, as well as the wealth and power he wielded https://t.co/U9Oc3thLp4
  • UK Consultation On AI In Copyright And Patent Legislation https://t.co/CMcrQPvH5H
  • Naked Singularity review – John Boyega offers fig leaf for bizarre legal drama https://t.co/tKEeyHXEfr 
  • Tribunal overturns NDIA’s refusal to fund assistance dog for autistic boy https://t.co/z3Kwvt0hte 
  • [Docket exclusion] In North India, North Karnataka people don't know their rights at all, suffer in silence: Justice S Abdul Nazeer | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/5qBOjTbrzG 
  • Braintree company unfairly sacked man caring for wife with cancer https://t.co/B4q7lgVKW0 
  • New home and car insurance rules mean change in prices https://t.co/HBKZn1BNQT
  • Anti-vaxxers storm Covid testing centre during ‘freedom’ rally in Milton Keynes: Protesters seen in video appear to confuse test site with vaccine centre while claiming to have ‘woken up’ https://t.co/uKg6g6eEav
  • Ghislaine Maxwell: How accusers' testimony brought her down https://t.co/apLWswwWo6