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14th February - Law News

Edition 3702: 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 opening of a temporary office of Religious Zionist Party Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir in East Jerusalem sparked a violent protest, with clashes between ultranationalist Israelis and Palestinians

Focus of the Day Article: Law firms have been given guidance from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on creating healthy work environments, after a review highlighted an array of concerns. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Proposed reforms nothing but ‘scrappy vandalism against class actions’ - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/W6s7Y1Nb8J 
  • Barrister fined for calling opposition lawyer a 'hysterical woman' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/A1lrRl9SEv
  • Hill Dickinson replaces TCs with apprenticeships in training shake-up - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4ncSukU5AR
  • A mob has killed a man for allegedly burning pages of the Koran in central #Pakistan, police say, in the latest case of blasphemy-related violence in the country. Police say more than 80 people have been arrested in connection https://t.co/facmlc7GhB 
  • Two NHS hospital trusts are working with police after a doctor was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. Staffordshire Police has launched a major incident review of the doctor's work at hospitals in Dudley, West Midlands, and Stoke-on-Trent https://t.co/ATx3pYG3Bn
  • Religious Discrimination Bill ‘Trojan Horse for hate’ - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/wgGvdJlj1M
  • Northern Powergrid sorry for Storm Arwen trillion pound compensation error https://t.co/Zb0sJrUy9j
  • How should we respond to racial bias and stereotypes in the criminal justice system? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PQSBLY95Ot
  • Devadatt Kamat, Senior Advocate for petitioners in Hijab Ban case: Spotlight this week | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/I1zDXTCMXW
  • David Lammy requests pardon for 1823 slave rebellion convicts: Shadow minister says pardon would be ‘significant step in Britain’s acknowledgement of its role in history of slavery’ https://t.co/kh6sqYxRiC
  • Nightingale court tells parents of victim of alleged rape there is no room for them at trial https://t.co/Y0sTvsteN7
  • Addleshaw Goddard merges with Irish law firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BWWuuyLaLp 
  • The good and bad of litigation and advisory during COVID: Law Society - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/a8QBV65geJ
  • Instagram is failing to take action, a novelist who had a fake account set up in his name has said. Joe Dunthorne said he "literally couldn't make contact" with the company to report the fake account https://t.co/0hnPzfiKA6 
  • Meet the TikTokin' junior lawyer documenting the highs and lows of corporate life - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qgF8iUHzRf
  • Amending human rights laws to give priority to domestic law could result in uncertainty, former Supreme Court justice Lord Carnwath has said | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/D9El4hfB62
  • Former #Nicaraguan rebel leader Hugo Torres has died in prison aged 73, eight months after being detained on treason charges. The retired general fought alongside current President Ortega during the country's revolution, helping free him from jail in 1974 https://t.co/SZ6ZnIYapV
  • 'How do I put up with my noisy law firm colleagues?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/204F1EvbNU 
  • Law Pod UK latest: the most significant cases of 2021.  - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/RPrxfJzBhC
  • Supreme Court starts hunt for two new justices - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vt0Q3lWzX3