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31st January - Law News

Edition 3688: 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: SRA updating its approach to financial penalties. Changes are being proposed are designed to help resolve cases much more quickly, reducing cost, delay and stress for all involved, while also improving public protection, consistency and providing a deterrent to reduce future risk of repeated behaviour.


 Focus of the Day Article: Lawyers are being arbitrarily arrested, prosecuted, convicted, forcibly disappeared, and even killed across the world because of their work upholding the rule of law, the Law Society has warned. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • ULaw signs SQE partnerships with six universities - Legal Cheek https://t.co/N1wtfbSkmc
  • The Independent Human Rights Act Review and the government's Bill of Rights - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/rpZvHBWQL6 
  • BPP students to reverse mentor law firms on diversity and inclusion - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hPsPMo9rZT
  • UK Supreme Court issues landmark judgments on the scope of duty principle in the tort of negligence | Dentons https://t.co/YprWMCr8eQ
  • One in six young barristers want to quit, new report finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yOSBlgxB1A 
  • England footballer Mason Greenwood arrested on suspicion of rape and assault. Greater Manchester Police said it was made aware of "social media images and videos posted by a woman reporting incidents of physical violence" https://t.co/XVmioKiA3X
  • Spotlight: Senior Advocate Rebecca John who has been assisting the Delhi High Court in the martial rape case, has given deep insight into the intricacies of the law | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/24YeWBXQDk
  • Can lawyers be leaders? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/s19ghzzjN1
  • The Weekly Round-Up: Deprivations of citizenship, the state of the union and prison over Pride and Prejudice - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/gjBi0JBEw
  • Another blow for Lindiwe Sisulu as ANC distances itself from attacks on judiciary #SouthAfrica https://t.co/zxlXmu5Zwp
  • Virtual hearings starving junior lawyers of advocacy opportunities, warns top judge - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cEzLL4nCVi
  • Hijab, other religious symbols could affect secular nature of Student Police Cadet; cannot be part of uniform: Kerala govt | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/aOxAKXmusW
  • Is “Perception-Based Recording” for hate crime compatible with freedom of speech? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4MV8APb9dV 
  • Withers latest to drop 'Dear Sirs' in emails - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ifCwVM3VlR
  • Make your professional profile ‘pitch perfect’ in 2022 - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/MbSlI6tQuX 
  • ‘Greased piglet’ Boris Johnson could evade justice due to the Met’s disastrous move | Charles Falconer https://t.co/vmMLsyV1p6
  • 42-year-old #Turkish lawyer Şafak Mahmutyazıcıoğlu was shot to death in Istanbul by two assailants late on Jan. 26 following a fight that reportedly broke out over money https://t.co/0E7YmVQxEi
  • Brahmins claim to be victims of affirmative action: This 'untouchable' lawyer begs to differ | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qYDlXCHEZn
  • Revealed: The best chambers for quality of work 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sA5zPej4kN
  • Fresh revelations about Jennifer Arcuri affair threaten to damage Boris Johnson. Hundreds of pages of notes and documents have been handed to City Hall’s oversight committee https://t.co/wbA194J11U
  • Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act: Bombay High Court issues practice directions for trial courts | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ytrABW4gwO
  • Buy now, pay later grocery schemes are a ‘debt trap’ for struggling families https://t.co/QOjPMDRvXj 
  • Group of NHS medics launch legal bid against compulsory Covid jabs: Group includes intensive care doctor who told Sajid Javid he did not agree with policy in England https://t.co/5nnybUjRgM 
  • Covid: NHS staff seek jobs over border to avoid vaccine https://t.co/uqtbxRRvou