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10th March - Law News

Edition 3726: 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: A new subvariant of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 is circulating in New South Wales, Australia. There are fears the strain is more contagious and could lead to a large spike in cases. 

Focus of the Day Article: Unconscious bias training is the least effective way to improve diversity, according to the results of a survey by the International Bar Association. Research to mark International Women's Day today shows that the training, which seeks to make people aware of deep-seated prejudice, is one of the most popular initiatives used by law firms to address gender imbalance.  Full story - The Law Society Gazette

 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • UK faces large EU bill over Chinese imports fraud | European Union https://t.co/9w8wPhWCid
  • Lawyers sceptical about ‘unconscious bias’ training | Law Gazette https://t.co/bWFxZnQDiH
  • All-Female Full Bench hears cases at Kerala High Court on International Women's Day 2022 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/2ow4coICcd
  • Lawtech startup raises £15m to tackle money laundering risk | Law Gazette https://t.co/bj6q0olPgV
  • Internet scams to be included in UK online safety bill - Platforms to be required to protect users from pre-paid fraudulent adverts as well as user-generated scams https://t.co/NYWB2ci2GY 
  • Wait goes on for creditors claiming £42m from collapsed firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/5xXWEHkaaH
  • A former Radio 1 DJ has been found guilty of trying to arrange the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines. Mark Page, 63, of Ingleby Barwick, Teesside, used a webcam to contact his victims and travelled to the country https://t.co/RQKp3PbQsz
  • A private jet has been impounded at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire as authorities investigate its connection with the billionaire Russian oligarch Eugene Shvidler https://t.co/451DYZ1NAj 
  • John Bercow found to be ‘serial bully’ and liar by independent inquiry https://t.co/Qie1MJ0Oda 
  • Tax silk fights off negligence claim over film schemes | Law Gazette https://t.co/QV822Car3l 
  • Ian Duddy to be next chair of Scottish Human Rights Commission | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RMrZovLr2w 
  • 'Sledgehammer to justice': Society condemns HRA proposals | Law Gazette https://t.co/qchvR27q6Z
  • Northern Ireland to criminalise ‘cyber-flashing’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/jeqoHA6BfC 
  • Public law not very public, research suggests | Law Gazette https://t.co/tbcvj91GAW 
  • The UK's visa scheme for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine has been branded "a shambles" by Britons with Ukrainian partners https://t.co/0DhLGd4Rr6
  • New bill to restrict interest rates for moneylending loans | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kMXykMCp4H
  • Human rights consultation extended for disabled people | Law Gazette https://t.co/nl0oji5Mot 
  • New misogyny offences proposed in Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fdIm3lPh2i 
  • Does the Home Office need to get a grip? https://t.co/0KV1Y7ZWKN
  • Ministers are making it a criminal offence for planes owned or chartered by Russians to enter UK airspace https://t.co/451DYZ1NAj
  • The African Origins of Democracy | Bernd Reiter - https://t.co/SQZGLL2T8o
  • Owner fined for dipping into client funds to pay the bills | Law Gazette https://t.co/OyaWpLl1WZ 
  • New appointments to Probation Board for Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/1KRSnctdTJ 
  • 'Investigative' approach piloted in family courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/EQ7JlpfSWt
  • A mother has won a legal battle to ensure her teenage son has the right to a potentially life-saving transplant. Ami McLennan, from Lancaster, had argued a transplant was 17-year-old William's only chance and without it he would have just 12 months to live https://t.co/tEecONYQB7
  • SRA SLAPPs back | Law Gazette https://t.co/ivUTabNOr5
  • IWD: Harper Macleod and Dechomai join forces to support ethnic minority female entrepreneurs | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FCfAPT54TC
  • BBC to resume English language reporting in #Russia - Broadcaster had paused its reporting in country after passing of law that could impose jail terms over ‘fake’ news https://t.co/2y42dsLLYg 
  • A two-year strategy aimed at delivering a “joined-up criminal justice system” in Ireland has been developed and published for the first time | Irish Legal News https://t.co/5kzwq1dnVg 
  • Ukrainian refugees, meet Britain’s ‘hostile environment’. We should be ashamed https://t.co/wlXtyEqDD7
  • A world-leading UK visa system? Tell that to Ukrainian refugees who can’t get past Calais https://t.co/RGwZvwp4R4
  • Nicola Sturgeon has offered a formal apology to people accused of witchcraft between the 16th and 18th centuries, many of whom were executed https://t.co/gfoCDWCE6U