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23rd May - Law News

Edition 3800: 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: Days of flooding and landslides in parts of Bangladesh and eastern India, have affected millions of people and left more than 50 people dead. Bangladesh's north-east region has seen some of the worst flooding for nearly two decades. The two countries are prone to flooding and experts say that climate change is increasing the likelihood of events like this around the world.

Focus of the Day Article: The four HM Chief Inspectors of police, Criminal Prosecution Service, probation and prison services have issued a devastating warning on the ‘knock-on effect’ of the courts backlog. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • What went down at LegalEdCon 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2PKHm4MvU1 
  • Sidley pledges £500,000 to build youth centre in North London - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KRxvyXlK57
  • Women presenters and reporters on TV channels in #Afghanistan went on air with their faces covered on Sunday, in line with a Taliban order https://t.co/xA6nckuUxV
  • The Corporate Counsel Show: Cutting costs and creating more value - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/XFmggiRBw4
  • Barrister who sexually assaulted colleague during 'drunken bender' wins disbarment appeal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sQI56HEjtG
  • Two-thirds of public sector lawyers want to work at least three days from home - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JIFu5aynCn 
  • Do lawyers trust politicians to follow through on campaign pledges? - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/s0FmNoqZ5h
  • ‘Any number of rights could be next’ if Roe v Wade goes, says Buttigieg #US https://t.co/6mXqxhrP5
  • Buzzable hours! CMS lawyers to get lessons in beekeeping - Legal Cheek https://t.co/uAROqrrwg0
  • The Weekly Round-up: Queen's Speech, war trials in Ukraine, and pre-recorded cross-examinations - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/e6ueput9UY
  • Priti Patel in fresh bid to push through strict anti-protest measures. ‘We do not make policy through mob rule,’ home secretary will say as she urges MPs to back bill that criminalises obstructing traffic https://t.co/SJOOtogMHa
  • 'Wagatha Christie': The libel trial that took the internet by storm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9YlokVkStP
  • Palestinian teen killed in #Israeli raid in occupied West Bank: Amjad al-Fayyed, 17, was killed after an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin https://t.co/iTg7v7433l
  • We are what we tweet: Wagatha, social media and the death of privacy https://t.co/RfOXiiUZ2d 
  • Mishcon raises NQ lawyer pay to £90k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VLOSEOUlm4
  • A boy had a finger amputated after he injured himself fleeing bullies at school, his mother said. Raheem Bailey, 11, caught his finger while climbing a fence to escape and after six hours of surgery, doctors could not save it https://t.co/neMojed7sx