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15th February - Law News

Edition 3703: 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:
Turkey is rebranding its internationally recognised name as Türkiye. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the new name “represents and expresses the culture, civilisation, and values of the Turkish nation in the best way”. 
 
Focus of the Day Article: A man who was convicted of being involved in a drug supply operation has had his conviction quashed on appeal to the High Court of Justiciary after the Crown indicated that it could no longer support the conviction. Full story - Scottish Legal News

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The Met Police Federation has declared it has "no faith" in Sadiq Khan after the "very public ousting" of the police incompetence apologist Cressida Dick as commissioner https://t.co/C8sPZSYBVc 
  • A senior member of the Police Federation, Sgt Simon Kempton, is facing a misconduct hearing for allegedly sharing details of an interview given by Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens https://t.co/weOlb8b7pu 
  • Graduate recruiters should provide 'tick box' feedback - Legal Cheek https://t.co/fXe254iQRa
  • Delhi High Court appoints committee headed by retired Justice Gita Mittal to manage Table Tennis Federation of India | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/GULNrR0mcf 
  • Eve Cornwell explains why she 'quit dream job' as magic circle lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jg4d45c9g
  • What is common law and why is it being misinterpreted? https://t.co/6dzSveJTJt
  • DLA ups NQ lawyer pay: 95k in London, 65k in regions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Cg16rFrN0h 
  • Plea in Supreme Court against Kerala High Court order quashing FIR against former DGP Jacob Thomas | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Dayoxim7uC
  • The Mauritian flag has been raised for the first time on the Chagos Islands, an Indian Ocean archipelago controlled by Britain https://t.co/55yZujW8kr 
  • Coleen Rooney has been refused permission to bring a High Court claim against Rebekah Vardy's agent. It's part of an ongoing legal battle between the footballers' wives over an online post https://t.co/k3D7oYj8dq 
  • High-flying media lawyer acting for ex-MI6 Trump dossier author disbarred for faking High Court order - Legal Cheek https://t.co/U4IRthevhz
  • SEBI bars Anil Ambani from dealing in securities market for siphoning off funds from Reliance Home Finance | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/PrMHkEQBlX
  • Queen's law firm embraces solicitor apprenticeships - Legal Cheek https://t.co/13hRLIu419
  • Saffron Scarves are not same as Hijab Vs Rule of Law: 8 Experts speak on Karnataka HC ohijab narder on Hijab Ban | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/4mXNp5RTU8
  • London's mayor Sadiq Khan has said he will oppose the appointment of a new Metropolitan Police chief unless they have a "robust plan" to deal with the force's "cultural problems" https://t.co/Xup5SI2nhE
  • London's mayor Sadiq Khan has said he will oppose the appointment of a new Metropolitan Police chief unless they have a "robust plan" to deal with the force's "cultural problems" https://t.co/Xup5SIjY9c
  • The opportunities Ireland has to offer future solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ENcnrzSDji
  • Dressing gowns to robes: Putting home courts in the dock - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/rLLdi942E3 
  • One of the Post Office workers to be wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal has returned to Holloway Prison as part of her healing process https://t.co/EF11DVjlGX
  • HSF and White & Case reveal spring trainee retention scores - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FXXhflAXD5
  • Supreme Court grants parole to accused for two days to attend sister’s wedding | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/V2EZZVvml3
  • A "dangerous sex offender" who absconded from an open prison is being searched for by police. Paul Robson, 56, was reported missing from HMP North Sea Camp in Boston, Lincolnshire, at about 07:00 GMT on Sunday https://t.co/C5hQSYVWea 
  • The 10 best legal social media users of 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/x6E1W3NK6D 
  • ‘We need that authenticity and transparency to make us relatable’ - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/ir3pE2MgR7 
  • The UK tax authority has seized three Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) as part of a probe into a suspected a VAT fraud involving 250 alleged fake companies https://t.co/HNAzGyMfhR 
  • Law firms could face action over 'unreasonable' lawyer workloads, SRA warns - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FXXwWvBNhL
  • ‘Kill the bill’: surge in Bristol riot charges prompts alarm over civil liberties - MP says police seem to be punishing people for challenging them during clashes in the city last year https://t.co/GSiBdvr1kh 
  • The wrongful convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses will be examined by a public inquiry starting on Monday. Between 2000 and 2014, more than 700 sub-postmasters were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting https://t.co/Or6AoJJ1vs 
  • Clifford Chance could cut Canary Wharf office space - Legal Cheek https://t.co/NEvWq7momH 
  • Thirteen people have been injured after a mezzanine floor collapsed at an east London pub. Emergency services were called to the Two More Years bar in Hackney Wick at about 16:50 GMT on Saturday https://t.co/mMJr6EHXNi 
  • Police have cleared the remaining protesters blocking a key bridge: #Canada's protests against Covid vaccine certification to cross the border have paralysed trade across the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario https://t.co/Gjl5gwNvtC 
  • [NEET PG 2022] Plea in Supreme Court says EWS reservation should be subject to outcome of case in SC | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/OgCRJLK06W