Edition 3694: 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: Hong Kong's leaders are under increasing pressure to change their no-tolerance approach to the coronavirus pandemic, as Omicron cases reach record levels. Economists warn that failing to relax restrictions could jeopardise the territory's status as a financial hub.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- ‘We want the truth’: families of ethnic Pamiris killed in #Tajikistan call for justice as tensions rise https://t.co/3ZfanmikVV
- Google fails to get claimant's ATE premium disclosed | Law Gazette https://t.co/YRC62QpY2J
- #Ireland's Judges have approved judicial conduct and ethics guidelines to be enforced by the Judicial Council | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZXernt8Fjz
- More clients are challenging their solicitors’ bills, research from the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has found | NLJ https://t.co/oXS8b7e3xk
- SRA closes investigation into former Freshfields partner | Law Gazette https://t.co/6uOT5nGBKo
- High Court: Photocopy of will not admitted to probate after original will went missing | Irish Legal News https://t.co/so0tIOtrHM
- A round-up of human rights stories from around the world | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pUycgfhEz1
- Postcard from abroad: Anthony Oldfield, Clifford Chance | Law Gazette https://t.co/YVEXS2qWvU
- Clinical negligence claimants seeking damages of £25,000 or less would only be able to recover limited costs, under government proposals | NLJ https://t.co/rtI8ZhIxQc
- Kerala High Court moots setting up toll-free helpline for reporting sexual assault, domestic violence | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/z5GUl5geN5
- IOC
defends use of Uyghur athlete in Winter Olympics' opening ceremony.
#China continues to deny allegations of genocide and establishing forced
labour camps to persecute Uyghur people https://t.co/kKKL5ha06z
- Mirror publisher makes £2m interim payment in ‘phone hacking’ litigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/jTbFoHQ3hT
- US podcast host and MMA commentator Joe Rogan has issued an apology over his past use of racist language on his popular show. A widely-shared compilation video showed him repeatedly using the N-word in early episodes of his show https://t.co/UKhHCtp4E8
- Evolving societal expectations of business and post-pandemic employee requirements are among four emerging risk trends for legal and compliance over the next two years | NLJ https://t.co/Wa2R6e5sU
- Sending "genuinely threatening" or "knowingly false" messages are among new criminal offences being added to proposed online safety laws. If passed, it could see social networks fined 10% of their global turnover if they fail to remove content https://t.co/hTUzZXXrRk
- The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has recommended a simplified procedure for civil claims worth £500 or less, in its final report on ‘The resolution of small claims’ | NLJ https://t.co/un8luDXj3r
- Criminal firm’s administration extended as £5.4m debts revealed | Law Gazette https://t.co/qe1HuHoB1D
- Pyramid or ponzi schemes are on the rise amid an overall 42% jump in reported financial investment fraud, according to Office of National Statistics figures, published last week | NLJ https://t.co/lk50eOw7i3
- A coroner due to hold inquests into the deaths at Shoreham air crash has lost her High Court bid to obtain video footage from the pilot's cockpit https://t.co/LkUA5hYEOp
- Serving #Australian SAS soldier tells court Ben Roberts-Smith ordered shooting of unarmed Afghan man in 2012 |https://t.co/KUPR2zUJdf
- Home Office to stop paying for asylum seekers’ toiletries and medication: Letter to former Afghan guard at British embassy in Kabul says measures will come into effect on 11 February https://t.co/9bzDbzBegH
- A federal jury in New York has found celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti guilty of defrauding his former client, the adult film star Stormy Daniels. Avenatti represented Ms Daniels in lawsuits against then-president Donald Trump #US https://t.co/TlMM0SRtrb
- Regulatory vision set out for self-driving vehicles | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yA5SJPp0Dg
- Jacob Rees-Mogg has been accused of perpetuating a "harmful clinical falsehood" about the morning after pill. Asked if he would make time for a debate on sexual and reproductive health, the minister said he would not "speak in favour of abortifacients" https://t.co/7DqjVdci3p
- Owen Paterson’s Randox lobbying texts to Matt Hancock released: Government forced to publish messages between disgraced Tory MP and then health secretary https://t.co/VAhsjQfLAn
- The former fiance of late TV presenter Caroline Flack has been jailed for harassing a journalist. Andrew Brady, 31, used social media to send threats and abuse to Dan Wootton, including messages branding him a sex offender and murderer https://t.co/GwpRmou5UG
- Fake serious incident signs erected in London to highlight police misogyny: Protesters led by Women’s Equality party want government to launch full inquiry into police misogyny https://t.co/6vWHvL59Ue
