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28th January - Law News

Edition 3685: 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: The mutilated body of a 24-year-old Muslim, Arbaaz Aftab Mullah, was discovered on a railway track near his home. His family believe he was murdered because of his interfaith relationship with a Hindu woman and that he is one of the latest victims of the 'love jihad' conspiracy theory, which has swept across groups of Hindu nationalists in India. The theory claims that Muslim men are seducing Hindu women and luring them into marriage in order to convert them to Islam. The claims are baseless, yet the consequences are real

 Focus of the Day Article: DLA Piper signs 'industry first' corporate solar power purchase agreement. Fifteen European and UK offices to source renewable energy from new solar farm. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • AG seeks injunction against BBC over ‘national security’ story, High Court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/zVkIeezRHc
  • Governments around the world used Covid to erode human rights https://t.co/dK2c2KoiMN
  • #Gabon kit man Serge Mombo arrested after Afcon return over sex abuse allegations. The arrest is part of the Gabonese government's inquiry into alleged widespread sexual abuse in football following allegations reported by a British newspaper https://t.co/xN1FOY8zin 
  • Braverman: 'Virtue' in having a political attorney general | Law Gazette https://t.co/vPQphZ20Ms
  • Ayesha Malik becomes #Pakistan's first female Supreme Court judge https://t.co/OwhzpWdJic 
  • Lords call for Zac Goldsmith to explain Kabul animal airlift email. Peers say Foreign Office minister’s statement to house contradicts email saying PM authorised flight https://t.co/ePv9JYm19I
  • Battered Biden gets chance to change political narrative as Breyer retires #US https://t.co/YfaTtMAZBz 
  • A teenager has been arrested after two older men were attacked while locking up their shop in north London. Police were called to Cadoxton Avenue, Haringey, at 21:50 GMT on Wednesday following reports of an assault https://t.co/ByXfYiSDNC
  • A man stopped by police told officers he had been driving with no licence or insurance for more than 70 years. While on patrol, police pulled over the man near Tesco Extra, in Bulwell, Nottingham, on Wednesday evening https://t.co/2yWf0AsWpw
  • Software billionaire loses bid to delay decision on US extradition | Law Gazette https://t.co/8RidYG7Off
  • Care home worker who refused Covid vaccine was fairly dismissed, tribunal rules: Judge finds claimant’s unwillingness to have the jab amounted to gross misconduct and put staff, visitors and residents at risk https://t.co/bhOwLGeZz3 
  • Lawtech Sandbox pioneers to set out their wares | Law Gazette https://t.co/xGK8wqjYz
  • A man has admitted intending to cause harassment, alarm or distress to Prof Sir Chris Whitty when he approached him in a central London park. Jonathan Chew and Lewis Hughes accosted England's chief medical officer in St James's Park last year https://t.co/DiKeFdKSR
  • #Ugandan novelist detained again despite release order: Lawyer - Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was arrested in December for allegedly offending President Museveni and his son on Twitter https://t.co/eTEcOrX6yT
  • Call for culture shift as one in six young barristers want to quit - Legal Futures https://t.co/Q91tB4ESxE
  • Grant programme has helped 10,000 LiPs, says government - Legal Futures https://t.co/MPH8hI4mU
  • Salary war goes on as firm moves NQs onto £161,500 a year | Law Gazette https://t.co/6bShN9ulZh
  • Bute Park attack: Doctor's attackers 'laughed' and 'were having fun' - Three people accused of murdering a psychiatrist in a city centre park "laughed" and seemed to be "having fun" as they attacked him, a court heard https://t.co/SQDshW4fZj 
  • Residents of one street near a primary school in Bridgend county have described the situation as parents descend on the area for the school run., they have taken the step of setting up a barricade - using items such as deck chairs https://t.co/r3Nqw1p0O
  • Jobseekers on Universal Credit will have to look for jobs outside their chosen field more quickly or face sanctions under Tory government plans. From Thursday, people will have to look outside their sectors after just four weeks, rather than three month https://t.co/D9Eg5tRgD9
  • Mourners gathered to pay their last respects to former Supreme Court chief justice Miriam Naor as she was laid to rest on Tuesday in her native Jerusalem’s Sanhedria cemetery after dying earlier this week at the age of 74 #Israel https://t.co/c9LyuJpYHz
  • Multi-disciplinary network strikes third UK deal with BSB-regulated firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/Abhr1BcbUP
  • One in six young barristers want to quit, regulator suggests | Law Gazette https://t.co/b3RfaPyJOa 
  • Prince Andrew denies close friendship with Ghislaine Maxwell in US court files https://t.co/S08KMEUddA
  • Barrister set to be appointed independent chair of review into State’s abortion laws - Marie O’Shea will be appointed by Minister for Health following a tender process #Ireland https://t.co/5qfwFygLgi
  • Covid vaccines: 80,000 unvaccinated NHS staff in England being told if they work with patients and don't get a jab by next week they could be moved to a different role or even sacked https://t.co/iFJzpGFh50
  • Legal aid needs more than a sticking plaster https://t.co/rS7PzZz31Q
  • An intruder who was seen wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" sweatshirt during the US Capitol riot last year has pleaded guilty to entering the building https://t.co/K6y4ZR3aJj
  • Face coverings and Covid passes are no longer legally required in England, after the relaxation of Plan B rules came into effect on Thursday https://t.co/jIDtVyJ6oh
  • ULaw expands SQE empire | Law Gazette https://t.co/vQ9GAQ7zm0
  • Plans to expand the type of cybersecurity incidents that must be reported to UK authorities under the Network and Information Security (NIS) Regulations have been outlined by the UK government https://t.co/vIwuDE9lAk
  • No-fault regime proposed for self-driving cars | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ng3JYJcBwp
  • BBC to be taken to court to stop it from reporting on spy story - Attorney general is seeking an injunction gagging broadcaster, with hearing set for March https://t.co/OaAzIfmO5Y 
  • For 10 years, Matthew Hardy harassed people online by creating fake social media accounts to spread lies about them. His targets had very little in common - they varied in age, had unconnected jobs and were living in different areas when they were targeted https://t.co/SVrJehFMNY
  • Lawfare: a new word to use against solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/wdfmyr48P7
  • UK Financial Conduct Authority Consults on Its Financial Promotion Rules for Cryptoassets and Other High-Risk Investments https://t.co/gAXfini091 
  • Annual figures show motor PI claims falling sharply in 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/qlxHmbJyUw
  • A major UK human rights body has urged the Scottish government to pause its reforms to the gender recognition process for further consideration https://t.co/FTsw1AR469
  • Prince Andrew denies being co-conspirator of Epstein and insists on jury trial https://t.co/PH4vCoPAlW