Edition 3697: 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: There are an estimated 5million CCTV cameras dotted around the country. In an exclusive interview, one of the UK's leading forensic scientists has questioned the quality of CCTV facial comparison used in criminal convictions.
Focus of the Day Article: The pandemic has had more of an impact on incomes at the lower-earning end of the Bar than among the big billers, according to new research by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). One in four White male barrister earns more than £240,000 a year, compared to one in 15 female barrister from a minority ethnic background. The regulator’s latest analysis of data on barristers’ income by gender and ethnicity showed the same overall patterns as when it was first published two years ago, with women earning less than men, and those from minority ethnic backgrounds less than White barristers. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- IPRT report finds regression in the penal system over five years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/rhoL8Tx6UX
- United Kingdom and the Republic of India formally launched their negotiations on an ambitious free trade agreement (FTA) last month (13 January 2022) | Law Gazette https://t.co/Kh5MLUXu7E
- Burness Paull launches new family law practice | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/1oJGOMJEm9
- #Czech millionaire investigated over alleged 417km/h motorway drive in Germany - Radim Passer is now being investigated for his apparent drive along a motorway in the state of Saxony-Anhalt https://t.co/LlKOr9aNUT
- Best of the blogs - 5 February 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/kkHvB1gxYW
- The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) was the target of a "serious cyber-security incident", it has emerged. The details came via a tender document published on a government website, seemingly by mistake https://t.co/SRsKx2Ea8
- Cocaine
use is contributing to drive a rise in disorder at matches in England
and Wales, says the country's lead police officer for football. Fan
incidents are also post-lockdown related, added the English Football
League security chief https://t.co/9iBK3oaX5e
- Lawyer of the Month: Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh | Irish Legal News https://t.co/porrcQNNgC
- SRA and Post Office agree disclosure order in Horizon investigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/8ihKBZtkbl
- Review sought over failure to provide deaf man with interpreter in court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/8ZEpNpwW5b
- London firm to train solicitor-apprentices on business services | Law Gazette https://t.co/j1oMbT410N
- Fionntán O’Flynn has been named the recipient of the Scott Scholarship, which is awarded through the Law Society of Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/M4SbNFzZXc
- My legal life: Laura Frederick, founder of How to Contract - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/KQZVRcTPZw
- Edinburgh Foundation for Women in Law book club | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nSsIQFWVEr
- Network launched to link “lonely” class representatives - Legal Futures https://t.co/vJobqaPB2T
- Disbarral for fabricating court order in ‘Trump dossier’ case | Law Gazette https://t.co/46nyqBp8Sm
- Pandemic hit lowest-earning barristers hardest as big pay gaps persist - Legal Futures https://t.co/bECVqecNL6
- The government has revived plans to make pornography websites carry out age checks, which would require British users to provide data such as their credit card or passport details to prove they are over 18 https://t.co/2cQtxCY3e5
- Solicitor who used disbursement cash to prop up PI firm struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/xMEj2FYEQc
- Women barristers' incomes are half those of men - BSB | Law Gazette https://t.co/kHZXh5FWHo
- Family law firm embraces employee ownership and plots big expansion - Legal Futures https://t.co/qiOyJ6mSuH
- Ex-owner of Norton Motorcycles faces jail over breaches of pensions rules https://t.co/L81F6tPJlP
- West Ham United have "unreservedly condemned" Kurt Zouma for hitting his cat after a video emerged of the France defender kicking and slapping his pet. The video shows 27-year-old Zouma kicking the cat across the floor and slapping it in the face https://t.co/sTuEzZQ99
- Porn site legal requirement to verify users' age would benefit age verification companies while offering "little practical benefit for child safety, and much harm to people's privacy" https://t.co/zrvJdsXfdf
- Oil
giant BP has reported its highest profit for eight years, amid calls
for a windfall tax on energy companies. BP posted a profit of $12.8bn
(£9.5bn) for 2021, and it made more than $4bn in the final quarter of
the year when oil and gas prices surged https://t.co/ZtRFzs6Wg2
- Solicitor banned after not paying disbursements for seven years | Law Gazette https://t.co/pF6tUxZyjB
- The Tories’ ‘tough on crime’ stance has only led to misery and death in prisons https://t.co/opCOP9l3WI
- Warner Bros sued over ‘abysmal’ Matrix Resurrections release: Production company Village Roadshow says December release of sci-fi sequel was ruined by a simultaneous streaming release in #US https://t.co/PtddR1LOTR
- Midlands firm announces recruitment drive for 100 roles | Law Gazette https://t.co/gTl1IZ7JLf
- [Hijab ban] Two more college students move Karnataka High Court - This is the third such petition to be filed in this regard before the High Court. The matter will be heard on Tuesday | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/O7Nw8xouhp
- Roma accuse government of hypocrisy over Jimmy Carr joke: Ministers’ criticism of comedian at odds with planned laws harmful to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, leaders say https://t.co/RcS0I0OhSC
