Edition 3767: 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: The US has few ways to track the substantial supply of anti-tank, anti-aircraft and other weaponry it has sent across the border into Ukraine, sources tell CNN, a blind spot that's due in large part to the lack of US boots on the ground in the country -- and the easy portability of many of the smaller systems now pouring across the border
Focus of the Day Article: The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that states have a broad
margin of discretion in applying their criminal law to cases of assisted
suicide. The applicant’s conviction may have constituted an
interference with his rights, but that interference was prescribed by
the Danish criminal law, which pursued the legitimate aims of the
protection of health and morals and the rights of others. Denmark had
not acted disproportionately by convicting him. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Hostile environment instigator former Tory prime minister Theresa May has criticised the government's plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda https://t.co/AoX9oQ8ODz
- Slaughter and May revamps associate pay scales and raises NQ rate to £115,000 - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8bheecEIME
- Laois Nationalist — Day in the life of a solicitor: Is it all suits and all-nighters? #Ireland https://t.co/FREMnUhCfA
- Dr Gregory Burke's stark ‘lessons learnt’ as a disabled barrister and why chambers are showing a ‘failure of imagination’ | COUNSEL https://t.co/Z8cNnQJp2A
- London barristers’ sets announce merger to great 120-strong common law giant. Combined chambers will be known as 5 Norwich Street when deal completes in the autumn - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/fT4gdDSfmI
- Diary of a high street conveyancer; 18th April 2022 https://t.co/w3WEAxwuR
- The positive steps being taken to enable the future Treasury Counsel team to be diverse and inclusive | COUNSEL https://t.co/NLLcCsOkzg
- Son of immigrant parents becomes first professional discipline barrister to be appointed QC – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/oX4H63K8mL
- Sir Robert Buckland QC MP: former Lord Chancellor chats about his time as a criminal barrister, his proudest moments in office and another cause very close to his heart – promoting awareness of neurodiversity in all parts of the justice system | COUNSEL https://t.co/aL1tD6goSG
- Melbourne lawyer William Lye on the hunt for evidence of war crimes in #Ukraine https://t.co/FSQKPaW2yP
- [Prohibition of Child Marriage] There hardly seem to be any FIRs: Bombay High Court to Maharashtra government | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/CxBpHpuntw
- New data shows extent of crisis at criminal Bar – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/TjgyqYzGpp
- Recognising and managing oppressive behaviour – in-court and out: part 1 | COUNSEL https://t.co/5plW621LzH
- Coca Cola adds senior Facebook lawyer as international GC: Tech veteran Willie Hernandez joins beverages giant amid broader shake-up of legal leadership - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/P3jl4qzBf
- One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? The Problem of the UK and Europol – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/frpEwFQ6Er
- A solicitor has been struck off after admitting he ‘hoodwinked’ himself into thinking it was acceptable to mislead counsel and the court | Law Gazette https://t.co/5zXUZyYSMv
- GCs face increased pressure on sustainability issues, Lex Mundi study finds - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/oLETnaGVZz
- Regulator withdraws case against junior lawyer who left documents on train: decision prompted by new medical evidence in case that put spotlight on mental health in UK profession - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GcZ3vc150M
- Working without benefits… part 2: Has the Bar yet made it to the ‘best employers’ list? The concluding part of Robin Jackson’s guide for chambers’ leaders, thinking of the next staff salary round | COUNSEL https://t.co/jXrG0SXKKz
- Backlog in the family courts – options for lawyers – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/XGrEwqyTvd
- How did we get from a deep and sensible Independent Human Rights Act Review to a simplistic and self-defeating ‘modern bill of rights’? | COUNSEL https://t.co/HOEVzP60X6
- A partisan case for making Hindi the common language of the #India judiciary? https://t.co/gdT8yltaaS
- Former world champion Amir Khan says he has been robbed at gunpoint while out with his wife in Leyton, east London https://t.co/dSrskzU4su
- Florida federal judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has struck down the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other forms of public transit, calling it unlawful #US https://t.co/q9OUFoJIaM
- Is the public empowered to seek justice when needed? – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/0fKOmSVb7E
- No 10 suspected of being target of NSO spyware attack, Boris Johnson ‘told’ - No 10 subjected to UAE-linked spyware attack, says report, but Israeli firm suggests allegations are false https://t.co/sz8zW0PRdB
- The effort to implement a Supreme Court code of ethics #US https://t.co/zRTTpEaycQ
