Edition 3680: 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: Most public schools in Lebanon will remain closed after the holiday break.
Teachers are demanding better pay to cope with the economic collapse.
And it is not clear when many of the country’s 1.2 million children will return to school.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Lawyer jailed after defying order to hand over firm's files to SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/IMibZTJQwD
- Judge warns expert after claimant described as 'histrionic' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ktBp0SAqb
- Solicitors Lisa Mayhew and Nicola Williams are joining the Board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) | NLJ https://t.co/Td4fvZLALE
- MP calls for windfall tax on libel firms | Law Gazette https://t.co/LEbbN2o8Xe
- Companies face an increased risk of both class actions and climate change-related litigation, law firm DAC Beachcroft has warned in its 2022 predictions for the global insurance market | NLJ https://t.co/q8mnKIvfv9
- 'Good start': 53% pass first SQE assessment | Law Gazette https://t.co/gIW9FhZdMc
- Solicitors have welcomed the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ’s) decision to invest an additional £1.3m into the family mediation voucher scheme, but reiterated calls for legal aid funding to be restored | NLJ https://t.co/3peUI8FPhJ
- Hundreds stripped of British citizenship in last 15 years, study finds: Research by lawyer-run website finds Home Office has removed citizenship of at least 464 people since relaxation of law https://t.co/umAwpZvyCW
- Magistrates are to have their sentencing powers doubled to 12 months, under Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposals | NLJ https://t.co/WDkOJ14vrO
- An
illegal route for the Nationality and Borders Bill - The United
Nations’ refugee agency, UNHCR, has a list of clauses in the bill that
it says are incompatible with the Refugee Convention | Law Gazette https://t.co/vCg0f6QsVw
- Judge bemoans huge costs of 17-inch boundary dispute - Legal Futures https://t.co/Xihr0XoFlH
- Barristers will down tools if the government has not agreed by mid-February to raise legal aid fees by the end of March | NLJ https://t.co/xklpOHUbhB
- Should bad science be censored on social media? https://t.co/WgVNxacs09
- A Conservative backbencher who accused Downing Street of trying to "blackmail" MPs seeking to oust Boris Johnson is to meet police to discuss his allegations. William Wragg said he will be speaking to a Met Police detective https://t.co/HZFa2h4TM
- An illegal route for the Nationality and Borders Bill - The United Nations’ refugee agency, UNHCR, has a list of clauses in the bill that it says are incompatible with the Refugee Convention | Law Gazette https://t.co/vCg0f6yRwW
- The Supreme Court has launched a free, online course about its work, including interviews with current and former Justices | NLJ https://t.co/KJK7zWR8IO
- New #HongKong barristers’ chief warns profession to stay out of politics - Victor Dawes says the group should build closer ties to mainland China amidst concerns about the rule of law https://t.co/hxeGftJGsM
- Firm comes off record in face of harassment by angry ex-husband - Legal Futures https://t.co/5LUOEpC95J
- The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has launched a consultation on possible changes to professional indemnity insurance cover for conveyancers and probate lawyers | NLJ https://t.co/JXQUf5VozT
- Blacker banned from CILEX for not disclosing chequered past | Law Gazette https://t.co/1YCqO3s52
- A Connecticut woman is suing Instagram's parent company Meta and Snap Inc, alleging an addiction to their social media platforms caused the suicide of her young daughter #US https://t.co/z2VMGvJ1vg
- Law firms helping oligarchs suppress criticism "a cancer", says MP - Legal Futures https://t.co/Iq0WAMtBn
- City veteran loses appeal against strike off | Law Gazette https://t.co/1npz0eOQoz
- Conveyancers: are you afraid of outsourcing? - Legal Futures https://t.co/R40zeYXn28
- The
boyfriend of killed blogger Gabby Petito "admitted responsibility" for
her murder in a journal found with his body, according to the FBI. Brian
Laundrie, 23, shot himself after Petito was found in September
strangled in a Wyoming campground #US https://t.co/jo2rLQz4Ik
- Some
learners are waiting 10 months for a driving test while others face
eight-hour round trips for theirs due a shortage of examiners and
instructors https://t.co/9N6tNjLSgC
- Police response to £25,000 fraud branded woeful https://t.co/2qW7KtWvzX
