Edition 3730: 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: As the war in Ukraine moves closer to the capital, some families are facing a difficult choice: Stay home or take up arms.
Focus of the Day Article: The Ministry of Justice has extended its consultation to reform the Human Rights Act 1998, replacing it with a Bill of Rights, after legal groups including Justice and Liberty pointed out accessibility issues. Full story - New Law Journal
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Global network makes second UK law firm acquisition this year - Legal Futures https://t.co/lxPLLLo9m1
- Four men convicted in relation to murder of Sheffield solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/r1FbhqsxK
- Top chambers fundraise bar course scholarship for refugee students - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uZ190vdg2L
- Woman in Mike Hill case may sue Commons over compensation: Victim’s lawyer argues house failed to put in place sufficiently protective insurance policy https://t.co/dqfuFYeYMU
- ‘Pandemic is not over’: ministers criticised for scrapping UK Covid surveillance - Schemes coming to an end is ‘yet another example of short-term thinking’ https://t.co/XA5imG9J1R
- #Ukraine to launch NFT to mark history of Russian invasion: Digital assets will be used to fund war efforts and media activities https://t.co/NblLHviG2E
- Booming legal market triggers talent war and salary hikes - survey - Legal Futures https://t.co/iIn3Wa0LAQ
- [Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi] Allahabad High Court restores plea for handover of Mathura’s Shahi Masjid Mosque to Hindus | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/DG3QMwPgT
- M&S and Asos among firms trying to hire Ukraine refugees https://t.co/uY5HDuWdV
- Freshfields, BCLP, HSF, Latham and Squires join flood of firms to quit Moscow - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VZXwewcrM
- Union presses for formal recognition by LeO amid "escalating crisis" - Legal Futures https://t.co/UyoOteZvZw
- Brent Renaud, #US journalist and filmmaker killed in Ukraine https://t.co/RmFzyYWkU
- We need to give greater attention to positive obligations under human rights law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xA024wNZP5
- The Weekly Round-Up: How far should the UK go to help Ukrainian refugees? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/BNO91IlJAf
- From Ed Sheeran to Katy Perry, plagiarism claims are an occupational hazard for musicians https://t.co/QqmhA4b3q
- Has sexual harassment prevention reached a tipping point in the legal profession? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/mEcTbeZEj
- JK Rowling says Keir Starmer misrepresents law over ‘woman’ definition: Labour party can no longer be counted on to defend women’s rights, says author https://t.co/4IOWgXpWf
- Top criminal law firm fined £98k after cyber attack led to court bundles being leaked on dark web - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yfdcQPRw4
- Ismail Saleh is among hundreds of parents in Liverpool who could appeal against their children's allocated secondary-school places because they failed to get any of their five choices in Liverpool https://t.co/iLxA9RuK3
- Law Pod UK new episode: Can we drain Putin's swamp in Londongrad? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/3FRXNr95QE
- Junior solicitor to distribute aid in Lebanon - Legal Cheek https://t.co/1Thxvf4EHj
- The Pensions Regulator is investigating whether the owner of one of the UK's oldest social enterprises fraudulently failed to make disabled workers' pension contributions. The 168-year-old soap maker Clarity was bought from administration in 2020 https://t.co/PCXWMbKs8Z
- A rabbi who helped Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich obtain his Portuguese citizenship has been told he cannot leave Portugal: Daniel Litvak was detained on Thursday as part of an investigation into how citizenship had been granted https://t.co/4xkNIFQoIz
- Charles Russell Speechlys fights £5m negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/sOCP7Sq8Ex
- Households in the UK will be offered £350 a month to open their homes to people fleeing the war in Ukraine. The government's Homes for Ukraine scheme calls on people to offer a spare room or an empty property to a refugee for a period of at least 6 months https://t.co/X4H2OlrJQX
- Scotland's first minister and her Welsh counterpart have proposed that both countries become "super sponsors" to Ukranian refugees fleeing the war https://t.co/N4KdrCcRPR
- A&O and Clifford Chance complete magic circle departures from Moscow - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5445Q3WBBR
- Shakespeare Martineau to recruit first Scottish trainees | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7rUfsbdT6
- Solicitor received £10,000 from client then ignored her | Law Gazette https://t.co/CQFi9iE8U2
- Rethinking our response to mental health issues in law - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/nwvPMOnofb
- 5 things non-law students should know to break into the legal sector - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ndVKpeLclV
- Police acted unlawfully over Everard vigil, court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/6t6PR1lfs
- Taoiseach defends decision not to consult Britain before waiving Ukrainian visa requirements: Micheál Martin said Britain should understand that Ireland was acting as part of EU https://t.co/g1aDpGPQCZ
- The solicitors’ code of conduct could be changed as part of regulators’ plans to tackle unhealthy work cultures in law firms | NLJ https://t.co/zWXMbBCAW
- Protesters demanding "radical change" to the Metropolitan Police have marched through central London. Activists held traffic outside New Scotland Yard before marching to Charing Cross Police Station https://t.co/d7I0jpkLz3
