Edition 3753: 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.
Focus of the Day Article: Members of the Glasgow Bar Association (GBA) will no longer accept court appointments in cases where accused persons are not allowed to represent themselves after 90 per cent of member firms voted in favour of action, the body has announced. Full story - Scottish Legal News
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- Best of the blogs - 2 April 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/RHfNTQAsCx
- Ben Roberts-Smith and patrol let down by ‘weak leadership’ in SAS, court hears #Australia https://t.co/YD9ibE1Z1g
- Regulator bans secretary who stole client’s medal collections | Law Gazette https://t.co/Z4n0uwYz7I
- Scottish government told to listen to lawyers’ concerns over remote hearings | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OOulzEzd6H
- SDT "does not have power" to revoke s43 orders made by SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/9aB3OqDoxJ
- A man from Plymouth has pleaded guilty to the murder of Bobbi-Anne McLeod. Musician Cody Ackland, 24, from Southway, admitted the killing during a hearing at the city's crown court https://t.co/QZXiX4N4w1
- Macleod & MacCallum announces promotions for homegrown solicitors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gLBM9ujsyf
- Cardi B has won an injunction forcing a YouTuber to delete and never repost defamatory videos about her. It comes a few months after the rapper won a £2m lawsuit against Latasha Kebe, known online as Tasha K https://t.co/y05uqGTFFL
- A satellite image of Bucha in Ukraine appears to show bodies lying in the street nearly two weeks before the #Russians left the town https://t.co/juxAkWTOcT
- 'I acted for an oligarch' | Law Gazette https://t.co/rDB3wTqCt
- Barristers mount second legal aid protest at Criminal Courts of Justice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bzJy6PFOIR
- Bar set to scrap student aptitude test | Law Gazette https://t.co/Swyr5E8h1
- Delaying new law ‘gives green light to rogue employers’, says TUC - With employment bill unlikely to make Queen’s speech, P&O Ferries-type scandals will happen again, says Frances O’Grady https://t.co/0DoRTdOiS
- Court of Appeal hears bid to revive £5bn Brazil group claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/eZR79WPLW
- Four in 10 pupils have experienced or witnessed bullying at the Bar - Legal Futures https://t.co/UTW9T2xLx
- Pre-action libel letters need ‘more regulation’, peers told | Law Gazette https://t.co/VfeWbZgclT
- Class action firm allowed to terminate retainer, leaving 183 LiPs behind - Legal Futures https://t.co/SklfJa5Bh
- My legal life: Jo Evans, Lewis Silkin - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y47Zhzlrqj
- Warwickshire merger creates 70-strong firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/RoXIiCg6Kk
- US President Joe Biden has called for #Russian President Vladimir Putin to be tried for war crimes as evidence emerges of atrocities allegedly committed by Russian forces in Ukraine https://t.co/59Gjo76h8E
- Two
"stolen" notebooks written by Charles Darwin have been mysteriously
returned to Cambridge University, 22 years after they were last seen https://t.co/ZHPY6PEBN4
- Priti Patel’s immigration bill suffers multiple defeats in Lords - Peers find fault with many aspects of nationality and borders bill, in particular proposal to divide refugees into classes https://t.co/VteDJUyg53
- Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission launches new strategic plan | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Kh7uW8s82E
- Tech gives lawyers “opportunity to develop” emotional intelligence - Legal Futures https://t.co/yhLCx7V9qk
- Services
such as bathrooms & domestic abuse refuges can be single sex in
certain circumstances, in new guidance. However, the guidance from the
Equality and Human Rights Commission says such services should be open
to trans people where possible https://t.co/k6Vi2lPlDM
- See you in court! The return of sex-packed legal drama The Split https://t.co/rPve32DpB2
- Government 'cools on JR reforms' after Lords defeats | Law Gazette https://t.co/t4UXo45Yg4
- Eversheds Sutherland promotes nine in Dublin and Belfast | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AnqEbZCqcB
- New questions raised over Prince Andrew’s award to Selman Turk - Concerns were aired over Pitch@Palace contest win for banker linked to over £1m of payments to Duke of York https://t.co/bxaeUDjFtX
- UK politicians request visa scheme for Ukrainian students and academics - In a letter to Priti Patel, the cross-party group calls for temporary places where those displaced can study and carry out research https://t.co/mIytuTWEDe
- A five-year-old boy was treated like a prisoner in the days before his death, a murder trial has heard. Logan Mwangi was made to face the wall as his step-father John Cole put food in his room, jurors at Cardiff Crown Court were told https://t.co/QYF01fe1cH
- A time to reconsider VAT on legal services | Law Gazette https://t.co/IZkNaqNcVq
- Police have arrested one suspect in connection with a shooting in the centre of Sacramento, California's capital, on Sunday, that left six dead. Dandre Martin, 26, has been charged with assault and illegal firearm possession, police said on Monday https://t.co/2otJXUN85l
