Saturday

9th April - Law News

Edition 3756: 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: India's Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed criticised the Centre's policy of attaching a price tag to booster doses, and questioned where excise duties, GST funds and funds from PM Cares had been allocated.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Ukraine: Evidence of Russian forces extrajudicially executing civilians | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/L393zisUzm 
  • #Australian Human Rights Commission’s status at risk over Coalition’s appointment process https://t.co/9NB7aNhR4b
  • Activist Lawyer featuring Eoghan O’Sullivan launches | Irish Legal News https://t.co/RZwxmk0CeV
  • #Canada joins calls to remove Russia from UN Human Rights Council over ‘heinous’ acts https://t.co/bNMaTvJcud 
  • Firm owner told client he could not complain to regulator | Law Gazette https://t.co/KH5qC6sRGm 
  • A Turkish millionaire's fraud claim have linked a further payment to the Duchess of York. Court documents show lawyers of Nebahat Isbilen have updated who they claim received her assets, in allegations against business adviser Selman Turk https://t.co/pKAiSRRRH4
  • Ex-tennis star Boris Becker has been found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act relating to his 2017 bankruptcy https://t.co/XLhMQ3MRV
  • Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars gala and other Academy events for 10 years after the actor slapped comic Chris Rock at the Oscars https://t.co/KjnZpPF2tZ
  • England: SRA conducts spot checks on law firms over Russia connections | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dCRF4LskVY 
  • Solicitor mother of triplets unfairly dismissed by British Gas | Law Gazette https://t.co/0TFzGUfNJ9 
  • Personal injury solicitor returned €2,000 in costs to client after LSRA complaint about settlement | Irish Legal News https://t.co/RJ9ijadph1
  • Ince’s takeover of Arden thrown into doubt | Law Gazette https://t.co/Nle0P4mKto 
  • Number of SRA investigations lasting more than a year hits 1,000 - Legal Futures https://t.co/kyoc9RU2Y5
  • Crypto specialists cautiously welcome regulation plans | Law Gazette https://t.co/cf4iYLRqsT 
  • Northern Ireland law centre raises alarm over service provision for disabled children and adults | Irish Legal News https://t.co/z3OQ86hoi4 
  • Human rights heavyweights join war crimes hunt | Law Gazette https://t.co/sa4wM2dpl3 
  • UK’s freedom of information laws are being undermined, warn journalists https://t.co/4FJrmZqLIy 
  • In-house solicitor with triplets was victim of discrimination - Legal Futures https://t.co/aGTVI0zFVs
  • Refugee pupils with no school places have lessons in Manchester car parks. Volunteers run makeshift classrooms for ‘hundreds’ of children at hotels facing long waits to get into schools https://t.co/2CTFdThpuX 
  • Koci Selamaj, 36, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for life with a minimum term of 36 years for the murder of the primary school teacher Sabina Nessa https://t.co/4Uz3YZ4jFi 
  • Flights should be banned in continental Europe and car use banned in city centres to save energy and prevent Vladimir Putin profiting from fossil fuel sales, campaigners have said https://t.co/YU2akgYlB0 
  • BBC blocked from naming alleged MI5 informant accused of abusing women - Attorney general wins injunction to stop identification of man after arguing it would damage national security https://t.co/5gRJZAcmS1 
  • AG granted injunction over BBC ‘MI5 informant’ story | Law Gazette https://t.co/IU2X6bZw4B 
  • HMRC names avoidance scheme promoters for first time | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HMhIz7xf2c
  • Liberty threatens to sue government over ‘racist’ joint enterprise law - Human rights group argues law unfairly attaches gang motives to black and minority-ethnic young men https://t.co/PRlgUhbuAL 
  • How A Human Rights Watch Investigator Searches For War Crimes Evidence In Bucha https://t.co/SSrqxIa1Yc
  • Ukraine war service trumps litigation, judge rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/leHiRnOqZF 
  • Family lawyers “should be asking clients about the menopause” - Legal Futures https://t.co/BfECvpm6Mr
  • #Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan could face removal from office this weekend, after the country's top court ruled his move to block a no-confidence vote was unconstitutional https://t.co/MW6RJeZBx2 
  • #Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has proposed a two-year ban on some foreigners buying homes. The measure comes as the country grapples with some of the worst housing affordability issues in the world https://t.co/amZYUOBzUV 
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history as first Black woman confirmed to #US supreme court https://t.co/bzRm15MPt4 
  • Why did no-fault divorce take so long? Blame my parents | Law Gazette https://t.co/0tthn4SnXC 
  • Akshata Murty’s non-dom status is totally legal – and perfectly toxic for Rishi Sunak https://t.co/TF0KtDpPql 
  • Solicitor Clare Burns among new SCSSA board directors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/q4s9ym3c1A 
  • Law firms under pressure to improve safeguards against dirty money | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/MdoIhrK6t0 
  • Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife pays £30,000 a year to maintain her non-dom status, her spokeswoman has confirmed https://t.co/sAq4ZHuMsV