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17th April - Law News

Edition 3764: 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: Lithium has become one of the most sought-after minerals, crucial for the transition to renewable energy and used in batteries, laptops and even medication. Chile is the world's second-largest producer, and it has become a hot spot for international mining companies looking to cash in on the lithium rush. But on the Maricunga salt flats, Indigenous communities say mining puts the local environment at risk.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The government's plan to send non-white asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda is "the opposite of the nature of God", the Archbishop of Canterbury is to say https://t.co/Q4CiMQetrS 
  • Lawyer for Cuba Gooding Jr victims Gloria Allred warns she will now take him for $6million civil rape #US https://t.co/MaWkxINghj 
  • A lifeboat volunteer said he spent days in hospital after contracting a parasitic infection linked to sewage after a river training exercise. David Deveney suffered giardiasis after spending two hours in the River Severn https://t.co/sVX9M9kXJm
  • Criminal defence solicitors have been issued with guidance as their colleagues at the Bar began a ‘no returns’ policy this week | NLJ https://t.co/oefTWbwxXH 
  • Patrick Lyoya killing: Could rethink of #US police traffic stops save lives? https://t.co/GvAztiGNUp
  • "Self-employed people shouldn't be made to do it": Hairdresser slams payments for jury service https://t.co/Ue8G8OIs7Y 
  • The Court of Appeal has fired off a second warning to counsel about lack of discretion, this time in a matter concerning a former MP who sought anonymity for domestic abuse allegations | NLJ https://t.co/iATcT50TsS
  • Dovercourt woman's bid to house Ukrainian family in caravan rejected https://t.co/d9gGoVu8eC 
  • Jury acquits DaVita, ex-CEO Kent Thiry on all counts in landmark antitrust trial #US https://t.co/DBShNSorLw 
  • Sales executive victim of sexual harassment after boss made advances and called her a 'good girl', tribunal rules https://t.co/qxkPyp5YTP
  • The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has made ‘swift access to justice’ one of its key goals, in its Digital Strategy for 2022 to 2025 | NLJ https://t.co/zxG3sND86H 
  • #Russia’s mass rapes in Ukraine are a war crime. Its military leaders must face prosecution https://t.co/NNNZSH4c9u
  • The Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) could be granted a 12-month reprieve, following a robust response to a consultation on its future | NLJ https://t.co/1I929w9XzP 
  • 10-year-old boy beaten by drunken criminal lawyer Chetan Patil at housing society in Thane #India https://t.co/PpvIqOUMoz 
  • Updated 'road map' for employment tribunal proceedings published | Lexology https://t.co/gSLJ1mUA0s
  • The Guardian view on ending rape in war: endemic but largely unpunished https://t.co/QGIO4IfKtp
  • Solicitors have raised questions about the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) plans to help consumers compare the market on fees, pricing models and costs | NLJ https://t.co/w3lCOCrvTw 
  • A former cabinet minister, Robert Jenrick, the MP for Newark has taken in a refugee family under a government scheme to help those fleeing Ukraine. His family have welcomed Maria, 40, Christina, 11, and Boden, 15, into their Nottinghamshire home https://t.co/lDtfakECwR 
  • UK Rwanda asylum plan against international law, says UN refugee agency https://t.co/GBnQIBmWS8