Edition 3774: 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: What Elon Musk's Twitter takeover means for free speech and the spread of misinformation.
Focus of the Day Article: The potential negligence of a QC and high-profile law firm to advise a client on limitation was irrelevant as the underlying claim would not have succeeded anyway, the High Court has ruled. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Bar of Northern Ireland calls for end to ‘unsustainable underfunding’ of legal aid | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bFi5NA8wTz
- Best of the blogs - 23 April 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/7xRY6Ch0m
- No free speech protection for statement that people of Kashmir are slaves, under military occupation: J&K High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/o8AF21jFqy
- Tribunal proceedings could be recorded | Law Gazette https://t.co/GXASqNqLhH
- Rights commission launches online learning module for public servants | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XByYPGCdEJ
- The war, the WTO and solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/jMVERs0y1D
- Law firm receptionist fired for being pregnant awarded £23,500 - Legal Futures https://t.co/59bjVcTdnB
- The theft of a blue plaque honouring a British-Nigerian man in Liverpool who drowned after he was chased by police is being treated as a hate crime https://t.co/3AjR6zDJMT
- Up for grabs to any Tories donors: Boris Johnson has threatened to privatise the Passport Office if it does not start delivering better value for money https://t.co/KhOrn7IRG0
- Boris Johnson has told his ministers he wants to reduce childcare costs by easing health and safety rules
https://t.co/au4gYUf26W
- Elon Musk has been warned he must protect Twitter users from harmful content after he struck a $44bn deal to buy the social media giant https://t.co/6MnfN8KFRJ
- DJ Tim Westwood accused of sexual misconduct https://t.co/oB8h3fOMtI
- Legal aid crisis ‘more parlous’ for solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/lihE3dAEqT
- Conveyancing firms "must apply" for PII two months before deadline - Legal Futures https://t.co/FREhFM9GUE
- Ministry of Justice to be grilled by MPs over legal aid proposals | Law Gazette https://t.co/UH83c744Gt
- Leading lawyer Gordon Keyden is set to retire from global law firm Clyde & Co after more than 45 years of service to the firm and its clients | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gYedQi9GmX
- Minister apologises for misleading parliament on negligence costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/Nrp7YwYP1h
- High Court throws out negligence claim over MMR vaccine advice - Legal Futures https://t.co/FjxACh9OUz
- Eversheds ‘completes transition of Russian operations’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/4l3iF4EfUF
- Protocol challenges make Northern Ireland legal history with appeal to UK Supreme Court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/y2zkmea6UE
- Police have released footage from the set of the film Rust, including of the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin https://t.co/MTXbZsMk2W
- Law Society: Covid boosted finances - and firms' willingness to change - Legal Futures https://t.co/VgUJB1woo0
- Elon Musk buys Twitter: Human rights groups have raised concerns that a lack of moderation could lead to a rise in hate speech. Many Twitter users are also asking whether this means accounts suspended by the company will be allowed back https://t.co/6MnfN8KFRJ
- DPP says ‘shrunk font’ suggestion is ‘inaccurate’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/1RxWpgf45u
- Five new partners among promotions at Shepherd and Wedderburn | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qatu8bRTLD
- Bar
Standards Board clears barrister over Hillsborough remarks: Jonathan
Goldberg, who repeated discredited claims about Liverpool fans, is
cleared of breaching professional standards https://t.co/YPCK0BCuUo
- Take solicitors out of flight delay claims - MPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/7LDL5xrEiV
- The UK government has dropped plans to turn back people crossing the English Channel just over a week before they were due to be challenged in court https://t.co/DK6FiHQhOo
- Johnny
Depp has said text messages he sent about burning and drowning his
former partner Amber Heard were a joke based on a Monty Python sketch.
#US https://t.co/s6qZVF2qFQ
- #US climate activist dies after setting himself on fire outside supreme court. Wynn Bruce, 50, from Colorado, who friend said had been planning self-immolation for a year, died on Saturday from his injuries https://t.co/xFfqyIJ629
