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22nd April - Law News

Edition 3769: 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: Several states - from West Bengal to Gujarat and Delhi to Andhra Pradesh - have seen Hindus celebrating a religious festival come to blows with local Muslims. The ruling ultra-rightwing BJP party blames Muslims and opposition groups for the trouble. They, in turn, say the blame should be focused on right-wing Hindu groups and priests who are supported by the BJP. 
 
Focus of the Day Article:  Rape victims failed by UK criminal courts are being forced to seek justice elsewhere. With prosecutions at an all-time low, some women are turning to civil courts – but the process can be difficult and expensive. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Derry firm McCay Solicitors appoints Andrea McGill as associate solicitor | Irish Legal News https://t.co/gKSB5VHXVY
  • Reviewing the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Es2xA8AUS
  • A man has been found guilty of murdering a six-year-old schoolboy more than 27 years ago. Rikki Neave disappeared on 28 November 1994 and his body was found in woods near his Peterborough home the following day https://t.co/ZlmrhW4HCo
  • SRA announces Khan prosecution days after release from prison | Law Gazette https://t.co/7txpv0EvxO
  • The EU is asking its citizens to drive less, turn down air conditioning and work from home three days a week, to reduce reliance on Russian energy https://t.co/BVkk0WFNuk
  • Footage of David Herring, 53, of Manor Road, Sudbury, in Suffolk, kicking the animal several times in November last year, was sent to the RSPCA and he has been fined https://t.co/JCm9qQARkl
  • Irwin Mitchell to give staff extra £900 amid cost of living crisis | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xV2tErWTV
  • ‘Success breeds ambition… I have more work to do as justice minister’ | Irish Legal News https://t.co/iVMyIqKYQS
  • Thousands interested in becoming magistrates | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZNTaZ6bo4N
  • A major Conservative Party donor was listed as a director of a company secretly owned by a Russian oligarch close to President Putin https://t.co/NuUBWOkTQ9 
  • Boris Johnson to be investigated for claims he misled Parliament about lockdown parties https://t.co/kn2yIumD5P 
  • Innovate UK backs law firm to develop reputational risk tool | Legal Futures https://t.co/bd7VaDEr7
  • Media can't usurp courts' jurisdiction; media trial not protected speech: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Z0PmpxT3KF
  • Grade D fee earners ‘charging more than £500’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/0FvEUljdvD
  • Christian Porter’s barrister should not have been barred from case because friend of accuser ‘wishes him ill’, court told #Australia https://t.co/l97sbIK5Og
  • Sophie Khan to face 11 charges at disciplinary tribunal | Legal Futures https://t.co/t42EUMmYHy 
  • Equity partners fined for overseeing ‘chaotic’ finances | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZNfY7u2zLT 
  • Judge could hand down judgment despite settlement | Legal Futures https://t.co/o64F9VQQig 
  • MPs say asbestos must go from public buildings within 40 years https://t.co/Rt9mzJJe8x
  • The largest ever study of protected areas - places "set aside" ostensibly for nature - has revealed that most do not actively benefit wildlife. Only careful managing of such areas reap benefit rather than mere designation https://t.co/AlSiRYMeYc
  • SCTS error sees jurors in north east told to go to Inverness | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wx6vl2kPof
  • Calls for US travel ban for ‘oligarch lawyers’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/ivRd1qervo 
  • PM abandons efforts to block inquiry on misleading Commons over Partygate: Government changes tack and attempts to delay investigation until after the full publication of Sue Gray report https://t.co/IYfAAs8Q04
  • Regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms | Irish Legal News https://t.co/UOLu98bz9W 
  • Deirdre MacCarthy appointed chief legal officer at Wayflyer | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DS2Wuetas7
  • UK corporate clients are increasingly turning to the Big Four accounting firms for legal services as alternative legal services providers (ALSPs) take a bigger share of the market | Legal Futures https://t.co/cBJXHh88MR
  • Johnny Depp faces questioning in case against ex-wife Amber Heard #US https://t.co/WIaYT8emi0
  • A "complex" murder investigation is under way after three bodies were found at a property in a village. A man and a woman, in their 60s, and man, in his 50s, were found dead at an address in Spring Gardens, in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, on Tuesday https://t.co/mreR361lP
  • Government urged to clarify if Garda recording law covers facial recognition | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Tt1cEOkaFC 
  • A review of the major events that have marked the history of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem https://t.co/1nwnRvxE8m
  • The producers of a film whose cinematographer was accidentally shot dead on set by Alec Baldwin have been fined and strongly criticised by authorities for failing to follow safety guideline #US https://t.co/4Sp8VFjkSY