Edition 3736: 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: Activists in Nigeria have succeeded in keeping women’s rights and representation on the political agenda after parliament’s lower house reversed a decision to reject gender equality bills, amid vociferous protests in major cities including Abuja and Lagos.
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- The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022, which aims to improve transparency of property ownership, set up a register for overseas entities and assist in uncovering potential criminal activity, received Royal Assent on 15 March | NLJ https://t.co/y0maKFPR
- Latham & Watkins hires full-time mental health counsellors | Law Gazette https://t.co/ttTo8gjvPX
- The Boutique Lawyer Show: Exiting abusive relationships - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/4Ss03fWWk2
- Following World Social Work Day, Slater and Gordon’s national social work service manager has stressed the importance of social work in a legal context - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/muQVzWfNZS
- The Charities Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 24 February―the culmination of the Law Commission's charity law project that commenced in 2014| NLJ https://t.co/qzR9aRj8oq
- Peers have called on family law practitioners and family professionals to submit written evidence to the House of Lords Children and Families Act 2014 Committee | NLJ https://t.co/DNXam702qp
- What the M&A market looked like in 2021 - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/tGdAJQWA8P
- Thorntons welcomes new trainees | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Dg6B8P456T
- Lawyers have confirmed their opposition to Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposals to reform the Human Rights Act 1998 | NLJ https://t.co/XqYn0GR6U
- 5 things non-law students should know to break into the legal sector - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ndVKpetAXl
- The European Response to Conflict in Ukraine: a Legal Analysis. Summarised on Law Pod UK - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/2VA1poKI6b
- Ministers have offered a rise of 15% (an extra £135m) in legal aid fees for criminal defence―the minimum recommended by Sir Christopher Bellamy’s Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid―but it may not be enough to avert strike action by barristers | NLJ https://t.co/XXyEo9Xz
- Clifford Chance increases financial support for incoming trainees - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JC7pu3mfak
- ‘Many mistakes were made’: Kathleen Folbigg’s legal team calls on lawyers, A-G to resolve miscarriage of justice - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/mcDQI3dDY
- PI firm keen to acquire despite lockdown profit hit | Law Gazette https://t.co/yQyKljQBep
- Victory for claimants in Sarah Everard vigil case - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Bialwb6RN0
- A lesson from Bott v Ryanair? People just want a lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/LCcfThsr2v
- Courts condemn Home Office and CPS in two separate trafficking cases - Court of appeal’s rejection of the Home Office’s appeal a ‘landmark ruling’ for victims https://t.co/zxh4UZeken
- UN’s top court tells Russia to cease Ukraine conflict | Law Gazette https://t.co/rGSciLFP4L
- Walter
Merricks, who is bringing a pioneering ‘opt-out’ class action against
Mastercard, has won the latest step in the mammoth litigation | NLJ https://t.co/QvMOQZBf1n
- Bott & Co: Ryanair ruling allows law to ‘catch up’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/1fIdqh6I0U
- Proportion of remand prisoners who are minority ethnic rises 17% in six years https://t.co/7xnVkrDKgQ
- Barrister fined for ‘mimicking and mocking’ opposing counsel | Law Gazette https://t.co/cd93gaMAT7
- UK to clamp down on libel ‘lawfare’ by the rich in English courts - Claimants will have to prove malice, as government seeks to curb ‘Slapps’ that use wealth to deter scrutiny https://t.co/HZeRsMJtQV
- Yoga studio and indoor gardens: Designs revealed for firm’s new HQ | Law Gazette https://t.co/WpZf88VfwX
- Solicitor intercepted complaint about her work sent to firm's COLP - Legal Futures https://t.co/5WRWjrXAVk
- ‘Panicked’ solicitor intercepted client’s complaint | Law Gazette https://t.co/fGteMcbs7
- Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal, and who decides? #Russia https://t.co/ETP1NwG1z
- Wales offers free rail travel for Ukrainian refugees https://t.co/rvcxKLcGDw
- Firm to take champerty case to Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/cxt7UbXiGK
- Call for “robust plan” to tackle lawyer incompetence in high-risk areas - Legal Futures https://t.co/i3ov3j2kSl
- Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens charged with four counts of indecent exposure https://t.co/bZrcc7WRGN
- Telegraph apologises for claim former Corbyn aide was ‘anti-Jewish racist’ - Laura Murray receives £40,000 damages for untrue comments made in piece by former Labour MP Ian Austin https://t.co/Scxr1zAy1
- Crackdown on SLAPP suits could include new legal regulations | Law Gazette https://t.co/vI6aDNJ9sW
- Supreme Court backs solicitors over right to recover costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/6CbJLrX6sZ
- Judge condemns “clearest breach” of witness statement rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/IeGzVvalze
- All remaining Covid travel restrictions have now been lifted for passengers entering the UK https://t.co/m0bOnFH9CU
- #Russian state-backed news channel RT has had its licence to broadcast in the UK revoked "with immediate effect" by media regulator Ofcom https://t.co/PdR1CIeFNa
