Edition 3692: 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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Focus of the Day Article: 1,000 days between rape offence and case completion in UK, data shows. Median delay was over two and a half years in first nine months of 2021, up more than a quarter on previous year. Full story - Guardian Law
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- Will Glover and David Hardstaff elected co-chairs of London Irish Lawyers Association | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3F2AvhRYVA
- Two
men and a 17-year-old girl have been found guilty of murdering a doctor
in a homophobic attack in a park in the centre of Cardiff. Lee
Strickland, 36, Jason Edwards, 25, and Dionne Timms-Williams killed Dr
Gary Jenkins, 54, in Bute Park in July 2021 https://t.co/lCXcO7oMEs
- Ashley Edwards QC named principal crown counsel | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hjSQllYuOu
- US: Native American tribes receive $590m settlement in opioid case | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/R19MjbJOKS
- E-signatures can provide 'witness' security, working group concludes | Law Gazette https://t.co/kRSF99ynbF
- Met officer was promoted despite misconduct over sexist and racist messages https://t.co/DAGvG1RXvB
- Ex-City partner struck off for misleading High Court mounts appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/fwCvqbijhY
- Diversity questions make up 20% of marks in panel tender - Legal Futures https://t.co/nOqkZ6RqYF
- Anomalies in court system are adding to huge case backlog https://t.co/HAR0gftrZQ
- Leading firm acted for client without obtaining authority - Legal Futures https://t.co/azyNvXpMiv
- Jacqui Taylor appointed as temporary president of Local Taxation Chamber | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cIU2sGPv91
- Aspiring barrister subjected to "extreme discrimination" launches disability group - Legal Futures https://t.co/oT0BWF8niu
- PI solicitor who made an offer without client consent is rebuked | Law Gazette https://t.co/QyHhip0gjo
- Government mulls estate agents' disclosure of referral fees - Legal Futures https://t.co/mcNKjGGqns
- Shops have been warned deliveries of nuts and crisps could be at risk, after KP Snacks was hit by ransomware. The producer of McCoys, Hula Hoops and various varieties of nuts apologised for any disruption https://t.co/7cGVRfhYsz
- Lawyer’s extradition appeal error not attributable to client – Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/f2L2t6Gt0p
- Competition watchdog to gain additional powers | Irish Legal News https://t.co/jWAh6qaYQr
- CMA struggling to hire M&A lawyers due to 'very hot' private sector | Law Gazette https://t.co/6WBfYAWZx
- So you want to be… a judicial assistant at the UK Supreme Court? | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/m3L6R4KOex
- Imprisonment can't exceed 25 years as per extradition treaty: Plea by Abu Salem; Supreme Court issues notice | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/WIaNmo0pEE
- Mediation convention 'aligns with UK's post-EU role' | Law Gazette https://t.co/qHnmIH4G4n
- Why are #US rightwingers so opposed to a Black woman supreme court nominee? https://t.co/fh8J9Wk93O
- #NewZealand has announced a phased reopening of its borders, as the country starts to ease some of the world's toughest Covid restrictions https://t.co/xrSbxQPSAq
- Prosecutors
in #Serbia say there is no evidence to suggest that Novak Djokovic
submitted falsified Covid test certificates to Australian authorities https://t.co/lcGChlZZ9n
- Former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores is suing the NFL, the New York Giants and every other NFL franchise alleging racial discrimination in hiring practices. Flores was passed over for a job with the Giants last week #US https://t.co/WhwWgKeDrg
- Michael
McColgan obituary - He retrained as a lawyer so that he could represent
people fighting for justice, and was involved in the cases of the
Orgreave miners in the 1980s and in the fight for truth and justice
following the Hillsborough disaster https://t.co/ThfMpKStsh
- Solicitor apprenticeships: Building the future of the legal profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/5YlVQML0UI
- About 500 jobs will be created in Wales by the Ministry of Justice. The roles in finance, human resources and digital, will head to Swansea, Cardiff and Newport along with some others heading to north Wales https://t.co/YJkzzbGS8
- "Real challenges" for large law firms in improving diversity, says SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/AQysD8UMGM
- The
trial of a man accused of defrauding a retired lecturer who was
murdered with a crossbow of £200,000 has collapsed. The jury at Mold
Crown Court was discharged on Wednesday https://t.co/CrRuoC1Rew
- Electronic signatures “more reliable” than live witnesses - Legal Futures https://t.co/PlxN7qa8aN
- Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick put "on notice" by the London mayor after a report by the police watchdog found "disgraceful" misogyny, discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment among PCs https://t.co/fHKUgcZZ7I
- Tribunal rejects return to roll for ex-solicitor 30 years after leaving - Legal Futures https://t.co/SuuKHauQVT
- Six children are suspected of orchestrating a nationwide campaign of bomb threats against black colleges in the #US, law enforcement officials have said https://t.co/cLva6Y8lVf
- #Chechen politician threatens to ‘rip heads off’ family of activist: Death threat follow arrest in Russia of mother of exiled anti-torture lawyer Abubakar Yangulbayev https://t.co/MFSn4p4Dd3
- Some
37,000 asylum seekers & Afghan refugees are living in UK hotels at a
cost of £1.2m per day, MPs were told. The home secretary said there was
a struggle to find permanent homes for thousands of refugees months
after they were evacuated from Afghanistan https://t.co/NMVxBzdGml
- Adulterated
cocaine has killed at least 16 people and left 50 in hospitals around
the Buenos Aires region of #Argentina, the authorities say.
Investigators believe the illegal drug was either laced with some kind
of poison or "cut" with another substance https://t.co/jcIHmQpOcf
- The commission established to find the remains of murder victims buried in secret graves during the Troubles is taking on a new case for the first time in more than 10 years https://t.co/Zk1DYKpc8H
- Family law start-up refused injunction in £22m contract battle - Legal Futures https://t.co/cMFBqyGQyb
