Edition 3772: 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: On Thursday 13 January, the UK Supreme Court hosted a webinar on Career Pathways to Becoming a Justice. The event provided early and mid-career legal professionals with an opportunity to learn more about the appointment process and what it takes to become a well-qualified candidate, enabling aspiring future Justices to kick-start long-term career planning.
Focus of the Day Article: The Home Office’s top civil servant has told thousands of his staff they
will not be breaking the law or be guilty of racism if they enforce
Priti Patel’s plan to send people with rejected UK asylum claims to
Rwanda. Full story - Guardian Law
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Police have issued a warning to drivers after a motorist was clocked at 148mph on an Ayrshire road https://t.co/qqtNSakAH3
- More than 100 killed at #Nigerian illegal oil refinery blast - Authorities say victims ‘burnt beyond recognition’ in explosion at bunkering site in Imo state https://t.co/ZXv7b9YyAj
- Stronger than expected law firm performance during the pandemic | The Law Society https://t.co/AahRUxzXp3
- Ethicon class action members to be compensated, Federal Court orders - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/jfseNAdFiM
- Female lawyers crave realistic role models, survey finds | RollOnFriday https://t.co/jBxhJ6QAyK
- Hill Dickinson provides staff with emergency childcare cover as part of new wellbeing initiative - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oO8c0BDUB
- From Kuala Lumpur to Leeds - and what I learnt along the way - Legal Cheek https://t.co/X35xA6lx3z
- A family have lost £3,000 on a holiday after the mum was not allowed to board a flight due to a post-Brexit rule for entry to a group of European countries https://t.co/FMBXs0JzRs
- How GCs can steer a business’ ESG framework - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/eM3ejvEcWX
- Law firms as social enterprises - the future, or just a CSR pipedream? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lNWbe6kkx0
- Calcutta High Court imposes ₹25,000 costs on party for seeking repeated adjournments | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/iVZeDsDDuj
- #Nigerian police are looking for the owner of the illegal oil refinery where an explosion killed at least 100 people according to the authorities https://t.co/bQcxIUPx0e
- The first MP to declare themselves transgender has said he hopes to begin transitioning "as quickly as possible". Jamie Wallis stated last month that he has gender dysphoria and had been raped and blackmailed https://t.co/9hSbBWuQ1x
- Slavery
protesters target royal tour in St Vincent - Earl and Countess of
Wessex met with a frosty welcome amid demands for reparations https://t.co/Ghz4TpMB44
- Irwin Mitchell launches in Liverpool and Cardiff - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CQKcvMaS4k
- How Corrs Chambers Westgarth was ‘well placed’ to deal with the pandemic - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/Uoe9ARuovc
- Barrister and filmmaker, Haresh Sood has created and produced a feature-length documentary inspired by the hit film Monsoon Wedding | COUNSEL https://t.co/u1qJ93KcFy
- NQ lawyer salaries at Weil hit £150k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vgwSNOsO5C
- The culture secretary Nadine Dorries has used the excuse of dyslexia to shield her to mix up her words in a video that has been shared on social media. The video demonstrated a socially unable individual in charge of important online legislation https://t.co/pDUTEXkq1w
- Law Pod UK latest episode: the computer says no! - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/qJWGnLV1xz
- It is critical that professionals be able to identify the signs that they are being micromanaged and be able to implement steps to manage this - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/k75FRrYu1X
- 'Should I say I'm an incoming vac schemer on LinkedIn?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BLXcA5UjFO
- Same-sex marriage in the Caribbean: winds of change? | COUNSEL https://t.co/fJWj9vd39g
- Homes For Ukraine whistleblower says UK refugee scheme is ‘designed to fail’ https://t.co/ygGQkRYFxw
- Law firms as social enterprises - the future, or just a CSR pipedream? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lNWbe6BVVA
- Three cabinet ministers reportedly facing allegations of sexual misconduct - Ministers are among 56 MPs said to be accused of sexual misconduct after being referred to parliamentary watchdog https://t.co/hXnSdw4V1A
- A judge in #Singapore has rebuked a group of prospective lawyers who cheated in their Bar exams, including in a paper on ethics and professional responsibility | RollOnFriday https://t.co/AIKO2h0XrD
- Gyanvapi Mosque - Kashi Vishwanath Temple dispute: Allahabad High Court upholds order directing videography of site | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/CAHGCRsYtT
- Florida bride and caterer charged after serving marijuana-laced food at wedding #US https://t.co/oP97GTLR64
- Prisoners in the central jail in the #Indian union territory of Puducherry briefly forget their worries when they start dancing https://t.co/Xn7vOl65Fa
- Marjorie Taylor Greene denies calling for an "insurrection" in Washington as part of a trial challenging her right to stand for re-election under a Civil War era law that bars officials from holding office if they violate their oath to protect the #US https://t.co/kG1RpVLJQk
- Health Secretary Sajid Javid is to review what immediate changes can be made to gender treatment services for children in England. Javid HAD told MPs that services in this area were too affirmative and narrow, and "bordering on ideological" https://t.co/4FQjlUVGjc
