Edition 3719: 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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Focus of the Day Article: Leading UK firms are considering dropping Russian clients as the war in Ukraine intensifies and the spotlight falls on the legal profession’s links to the country. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- MBM Commercial appoints Stephen Hart as fintech partner | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Wheug3edGE
- Ukraine: the rule of law is not divisible | Law Gazette https://t.co/xb8ixTnq8q
- Trial
court ignored settled principles: Delhi High Court cancels bail of man
accused of murdering wife | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ArIrFoP7k8
- David Ridley and Alison Woods join Aberdeen Law Project board | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UvxJJSWs5i
- Press coverage of Whitehall JR submissions will focus on 'colourful language' | Law Gazette https://t.co/oJRAp7czGu
- Sports lawyers Louise Reilly and Susan Ahern have been nominated for appointment as directors on the board of Cycling Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/EiLQ7JtHgv
- Solicitor claimed to be living off benefits to avoid paying debt | Law Gazette https://t.co/7aTXKusO4e
- Companies House to have power to investigate | Law Gazette https://t.co/wNs4GwlrNr
- Eugene F Collins completes historic merger with UK-based Addleshaw Goddard | Irish Legal News https://t.co/qaeWfih3xr
- 20,000 #Indian students living in fear of shelling in Kharkiv and other cities in #Ukraine https://t.co/cKagTdmyGM
- Blackadders appoints Tabatha Gullikson to new role | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zUAYbfoIGn
- CMCs have not exploited whiplash portal, report says - Legal Futures https://t.co/xpxxdrPieO
- Suffolk County Council to end contract with Russian-owned Gazprom https://t.co/gvof1D8gC5
- Lobbyist opposed to UK petrol cars ban is director of fuel additive firm: Howard Cox denies any conflict of interest in his links to fair fuel group of MPs and company Ultimum https://t.co/S76Eh9luz7
- Environment Agency downgrading 93% of prosecutions for serious pollution: leaked internal report adds to concerns cutbacks have undermined England’s regulator https://t.co/KodimEOJWb
- Alexei Mordashov, #Russia’s richest man is now an EU sanctions target. Oligarch has investments ranging from London-listed travel giant Tui to the ‘personal bank’ of senior Russian officials https://t.co/fuxwKNYKIJ
- #French far-right leader Marine Le Pen forced to defend Putin links. Presidential candidate criticised over campaign leaflet featuring her with Russian leader https://t.co/ADi5vLdopp
- Russian firm shuts London office over Ukraine invasion | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y28zQDjTRL
- Lord Hodge takes up Church of Scotland appointment | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/LBhk1bkIZq
- The hidden life of a courier: 13-hour days, rude customers – and big dreams https://t.co/4Pp7686zZo
- Efforts to target oligarchs will extend to those who enable them, like law firms, the foreign secretary confirmed yesterday - Legal Futures https://t.co/DQfr4VLpWc
- Apple has become the latest major firm to halt all product sales in Russia, in a widening corporate backlash to the country's invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/CLBbzZLhPP
- Landmark Google ruling ‘fatal’ to data claim against TikTok, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/t9wSVrlU7n
- Banbridge solicitor to face trial on fraud charges | Irish Legal News https://t.co/M7hprd8gw8
- Register of offshore owners of UK properties full of loopholes, say experts - Long-delayed and apparently feeble enforcement measures will fail to tackle corruption, it is predicted https://t.co/0Gg3XRDu3n
- Solicitor wins unfair dismissal claim over transfer to new firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/FsqUknQJ88
- To end FGM, the UK must protect girls everywhere, not just in this country https://t.co/rLmTxzNWqB
- International Court of Justice to hear Ukraine claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/5CFrNQK8CG
- Young Plato wins Irish human rights film award | Irish Legal News https://t.co/kAbQzvQ4BO
- Only Fools and Horses firm sues creators of ‘cushty’ dining events - Case could have implications for other pastiche or tribute works based on copyrighted material https://t.co/idwrwC81tF
- Canada to petition ICC to investigate alleged Russian war crimes https://t.co/Zny6f4hgUy
- Questions raised over time-lag on UK moves to sanction oligarchs https://t.co/6mtywDuA8R
- Court upholds non-compete clause for lawyer joining Weightmans - Legal Futures https://t.co/SbWmXGYnyM
- BBC spy report alleges MI5 undercover agent abused women, court hears - Details of report revealed in high court as attorney general seeks interim injunction to prevent broadcast https://t.co/6DLE0LNXzo
- Slater and Gordon halves divorce fee ahead of 'no-fault' reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/TmDZcUqRmr
- City firms prepare to drop Russian clients after Ukraine invasion | Law Gazette https://t.co/kCA8a7f1dM
- The UK government has authorised the emergency use of a type of pesticide almost entirely banned in the EU because of the harm it can cause bees https://t.co/lvV333QCcq
