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2nd April - Law News

Edition 3749: 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: After the Ukraine invasion, hundreds of people found themselves stranded in Calais as they tried to navigate the UK visa process. It put a spotlight on the city where many young refugees have been living outside all winter in harsh conditions, while NGOs struggled to provide the most basic services. The UK has given millions of pounds to France to try to prevent border crossings but people continue to attempt to get to Britain.  Meanwhile, the residents of Calais complain of an increasingly militarised city.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • No leapfrog to the Supreme Court, SDT tells banned consultant | Law Gazette https://t.co/PShLIvP6aM 
  • Revealed: migrant workers in #Qatar forced to pay billions in recruitment fees https://t.co/e4F9ZZhbZ8
  • Clifford Chance reports ‘social mobility’ pay gap data | Law Gazette https://t.co/wBUTuW2nQb 
  • Facebook users angry after accounts locked for no reason https://t.co/vCrnzcUt7C
  • Choose your submissions wisely, says judge in time-estimate warning - Legal Futures https://t.co/yo8xj9w3Wt 
  • 'Smart home' information added to HIP-inspired form | Law Gazette https://t.co/k1wG4nunnk 
  • Indian tech giant Infosys, in which UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife owns shares worth more than £400m, is closing its office in Russia https://t.co/MDfwUorYX
  • Met police officer charged with GBH after man paralysed by Taser - Jordan Walker-Brown is paralysed from the chest down after being shot in May 2020 https://t.co/sSFfTsCltR 
  • Mediation seen as ‘form of capitulation’, MoJ poll finds | Law Gazette https://t.co/FPZUIwbDSL 
  • Lack of progress on innovative pricing ‘deep rooted issue’ for legal profession, new research finds - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/RgAETFrou8
  • Paul Hastings unveils hire of ‘extraordinary’ 18-partner Stroock restructuring team - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/4kqNIPGY95 
  • Karnataka court orders probe against Minister KS Eshwarappa for alleged communal hate speech | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/4jPH1GMrZi
  • New law means future medical scandals could be missed, says NHS watchdog - Staff ‘safe space’ means cases such as ‘shocking’ baby deaths in Shrewsbury may not be properly investigated https://t.co/x0HS8z1Go
  • A strip-search of any child in two London boroughs will need approval from an inspector in the wake of the Child Q controversy, the Met Police says https://t.co/r7IOG993MZ
  • Camelot launches legal challenge over National Lottery licence loss https://t.co/D993auvZTU 
  • City merger creates 72-lawyer firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/d3ZlGVaeLB
  • Funding for victims’ organisations boosted by 20 per cent | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DIHBldEQQg
  • Ambassador barred from Beijing spy trial of Australian journalist Cheng Lei #China https://t.co/OFpQJDbwCz
  • Controversial judicial selection tool to be dropped in some circumstances | Law Gazette https://t.co/5iSlwhfF0
  • ‘Wild West’ warning on predictive policing | Law Gazette https://t.co/aRIKmiCBD1 
  • Legal aid work "close to being unsustainable", new campaign warns - Legal Futures https://t.co/bbPMEA20fG
  • Five foetuses have been discovered in a Washington home reportedly belonging to an anti-abortion activist, police say. Lauren Handy, 28, is a leader of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) group and describes herself as a "Catholic anarchist" https://t.co/MbeTKXf6f8 
  • Six people have been arrested after a campaign group targeted fuel terminals in a protest against oil. The arrests were made at three sites in Thurrock, Essex Police said https://t.co/aJtOFPaxWM 
  • Ukraine war: Gruesome evidence points to war crimes by #Russia on road outside Kyiv https://t.co/8yKEptBrg6
  • Britons living overseas for 15 years to get right to vote in UK elections https://t.co/BZBpmSsdBl 
  • Statutory and independent Electoral Commission to be established | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Y9u4ok5pBi 
  • Firm's error gave sex offender access to child's confidential data - Legal Futures https://t.co/suYkmRXeaw
  • Dishonesty finding overturned after claimant ‘ambushed’ at trial | Law Gazette https://t.co/mFvca18pfN
  • The SEND Green Paper: more obstacles to access to justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/XcGuepYWz
  • Legal regulators should not be “overly risk averse” about technology - Legal Futures https://t.co/lcMYjUZmYI
  • Todner agrees £25,000 fine for rule breaches | Law Gazette https://t.co/H3dVmQskLt
  • Statutory sick pay for all Irish workers to be phased in over four years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/CrBeF2WbzN
  • Boris Johnson backtracks over LGBT conversion practices ban after backlash https://t.co/vp5cHPkrP
  • Nearly two million anti-social behaviour reports have gone unattended by 34 police forces in England and Wales over the past three years, new figures show https://t.co/hR2tnevarL 
  • UK farmers call for weedkiller ban over Parkinson’s fears https://t.co/gIkEimIUox 
  • Belfast firm Diamond Heron welcomes family lawyer Karen Edwards | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XkpmzSwr3R
  • Plans to ban so-called conversion therapy in England and Wales have been abandoned by the government. According to NHS England, conversion therapy tries to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity https://t.co/fVWmptdl5O