Edition 3748: 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: Indian ruling party BJP leader in Rajasthan has been arrested for instigating a mob to harass a doctor after the death of a patient in a private hospital she owned. Archana Sharma, the doctor who was accused of murder, died by suicide on Wednesday leaving behind a heartbreaking suicide note where she asserted her innocence. Following the suicide, which has triggered outrage across the country, the Chief Minister suspended police officers in the area.
Focus of the Day Article: Pinsent Masons elevates 11 women in 23-strong partner promotion round. Latest cohort includes Vario and Advanced Delivery members as UK firm continues focus on non-traditional legal service delivery work. Full story - The Global Legal Post
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- David and Victoria Beckham's west London mansion has been burgled
while the couple were inside with their 10-year-old daughter. Their
Kensington home was broken into between 20:30 and 23:30 GMT on 28
February
https://t.co/p24e7B93mm
- The Centre for Women's Justice has warned that "unfit laws & practices" are seeing vulnerable women, forced into crime by their abusers, "failed" and "unjustly" arrested, detained and prosecuted for offences arising directly from their experience of abuse https://t.co/25S8zexHou
- When the same awful thing happens often enough, it ceases to be newsworthy – and that is a big problem https://t.co/0JGZ2Q1r8Z
- Witness at defamation trial refuses to answer questions about whether Ben Roberts-Smith ordered him to shoot Afghan prisoner #Australia https://t.co/jehFzJR4YN
- Lawyers should think about data ethics | Law Gazette https://t.co/Zvf6c9GDe7
- A former hostage has testified in a #US court that he was subject to beatings and given dog names by his Islamic State captors. Federico Motka, an Italian aid worker, was one of dozens of hostages held in harsh captivity by the group in Syria https://t.co/ymtCdFm5om
- #Russia may be committing war crimes in Ukraine, UN human rights chief says https://t.co/Sc5gJxfaVG
- British judges resign from Hong Kong’s Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/IINT6lN4c3
- Trump used White House phone for call on January 6 that was not on official log #US https://t.co/wVCx1ltcLm
- Dominic Raab to appeal against release of Baby P’s mother from prison https://t.co/rA0XCmCBXc
- Family barrister cleared by BSB over royal baby tweets | Law Gazette https://t.co/qLmixxW5Bo
- Allahabad High Court grants bail to Kashmiri students booked for raising pro-Pakistan slogans during T-20 | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/efsP35vTxv
- Scottish government to provide £48m for victims’ groups | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Q4TvFKPPjY
- The Centre for Women's Justice has warned that "unfit laws & practices" are seeing vulnerable women, forced into crime by their abusers, "failed" and "unjustly" arrested, detained and prosecuted for offences arising directly from their experience of abuse https://t.co/25S8zePig2
- David and Victoria Beckham's west London mansion has been burgled while the couple were inside with their 10-year-old daughter. Their Kensington home was broken into between 20:30 and 23:30 GMT on 28 February https://t.co/p24e7BqEdU
- A
police force is investigating about 600 cases of maternity care in a
probe of hospital failings that may have led to hundreds of baby deaths
https://t.co/9Di03zcT7P
- MoJ defends legal aid offer following Law Society broadside | Law Gazette https://t.co/GOgAUUXJYG
- Choose your submissions wisely, says judge in time-estimate warning - Legal Futures https://t.co/yo8xj9w3Wt
- Finnish court upholds right to free speech | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lisE79XkF7
- Six new Pinsent Masons partners in Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jiUUIc3uxT
- Legal regulators should not be “overly risk averse” about technology - Legal Futures https://t.co/lcMYjVgXQg
- Covid test centre staff in Wales say they have been "thrown to the wolves", with some given just days' notice that their jobs would disappear. All PCR testing sites in Wales will close on Thursday amid plans to move beyond the Covid emergency response https://t.co/FQudZzRJ6g
- MoJ urged to extend family mediation voucher scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/VHmpedcB9p
- Federal police blame ‘oversight’ for delay in Australian review of Sri Lankan war crime allegations #Australia https://t.co/Ge2wg0BrxB
- Lawyer-free divorce app leads spate of lawtech investments - Legal Futures https://t.co/y12hRgPcbE
- Trial begins over collapsed £120m legal financing fund | Law Gazette https://t.co/QzPGSRBxYf
- YouTube refuses to remove account of prisoner who films videos in his cell - Sam Walker, currently serving at Forest Bank prison in Salford, has been making videos of himself inside various forms of custody since 2018 https://t.co/b2jn1cLXC3
- Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges banned from racing at British meeting after UCI ruling https://t.co/jKMmA0pR9C
- British justice with Chinese characteristics no more as Lords Reed and Hodge resign from Hong Kong court | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/77nj6PhUV2
- Firm's error gave sex offender access to child's confidential data - Legal Futures https://t.co/suYkmSePz6
- Ketanji Brown Jackson to receive rare Republican vote as Collins says yes #US https://t.co/gNapOPFcvt
- High court overturns acquittal of HS2 protester after appeal by prosecution https://t.co/dDOVZwxgMV
- Sweeping
changes to maternity services in England are expected after a report
laid bare catastrophic failures at an NHS trust that may have led to the
deaths of more than 200 babies https://t.co/gHBWNd3hrA
- War in Ukraine delays $4.2bn fraud trial | Law Gazette https://t.co/iC4EnrgMHf
