Edition 3804: 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: The Times cartoonist Morten Morland gives an alternative take on Boris Johnson's Commons statement on Sue Gray's report into partygate.
Focus of the Day Article: Six London law firms back creation of new black British civil rights organisation. Magic Circle firms Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Slaughters among the six. Full story - The Global Legal Post
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Hodge Jones & Allen reaches north to Liverpool | Law Gazette https://t.co/dG9z0WL6SA
- A gunman who attacked a primary school in Texas on Tuesday was able to enter the building unobstructed, police say. Texas Ranger Victor Escalon said no armed guard challenged the teenage attacker and it is unclear if the school door was even locked #US https://t.co/X9A0SD0ASc
- Alleged Wagner Group fighters accused of murdering civilians in Ukraine - #Belarusian pair are first international mercenaries to face war crimes charges since invasion began https://t.co/xW0LzHXAO8
- New CMS leader in Ukraine ready to help rebuild nation | Law Gazette https://t.co/g5nTLdSC6E
- New affirmative consent campaign tackles issue head-on, experts say #Australia https://t.co/OlGfJFHAL1
- Rwanda deportation plan will not work | Law Gazette https://t.co/f9xSZgpsc6
- Dutton’s campaign to sue detractors failed to factor in vagaries of defamation law https://t.co/txUjfxPA8g
- Squire Patton Boggs hails gender diversity progress | Law Gazette https://t.co/Co6eTu8GT6
- Médecins Sans Frontières condemned for ‘profiting from exploitative images’ https://t.co/nOtH51pSwx
- Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has been arrested in #Brazil for illegally carrying a gun while boarding a private plane to Switzerland https://t.co/pEaBNT4s1a
- Almost 40% of injuries involving e-scooters across England, Scotland and Wales last year happened in London, according to new government figures https://t.co/okkcg3CdqE
- Controversial universal credit related fraud is at a record high of 13% of all spending on the benefit, costing the taxpayer £5.6bn. This represents how desperately deprived austerity has made communities https://t.co/6TQdlKVMNF
- Actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed https://t.co/HVPuCVQAqJ
- SRA should keep costs protection, Supreme Court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/4JaeE3rGyh
- A male City partner who added to a female trainee’s discomfort at being taken to a strip club during a work event by putting his arm around her waist has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) - Legal Futures https://t.co/BWbW5oxHiE
- How
two Goldman prize winners won landmark rulings in #Dutch courts -
Marjan Minnesma’s legal fight forced the Dutch government to cut
emissions, while Chima Williams took on Royal Dutch Shell https://t.co/GxKtZ9LogG
- Mishcon sees off £65m negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/0l7Z3fUDDz
- Solicitor used firm's client account to administer family finances - Legal Futures https://t.co/tAhZ23jPzn
- Russian can sell Belgravia mansion to fund legal fees | Law Gazette https://t.co/3NVxbY1eg5
- The gunman responsible for a deadly school shooting in Texas sent messages about the attack minutes before it happened, the state governor says https://t.co/zjVtON6ld2
- "I wish I hadn't followed the rules, I'd have taken the fine," Sara said, adding she would have given anything to spend more time with her dying husband https://t.co/UOkvBiTdN8
- The number of buildings being knocked down must be reduced because demolition and rebuilding adds to climate change, MPs say. Previously developers have been encouraged to knock down old, poorly-insulated homes and offices https://t.co/vh8fLroFS5
- Citizens Advice said 46% of its debt clients had a so-called negative budget, up from 36% three years ago. One mother-of-two said her teenage daughter did not want to ask her for money to buy sanitary products https://t.co/eJu5xoFlhz
- Law firm's AI-backed email tool “cut three days’ work to three hours” - Legal Futures https://t.co/ymVbL5c4K0
- MoJ admits thousands of unresolved claims clogging up RTA portal | Law Gazette https://t.co/LtkeXvpCfM
- Vomiting and partying until 4am: Sue Gray delivers damning verdict on Boris Johnson’s No 10 https://t.co/GfIOi6R07D
- Volkswagen is to pay £193m to more than 90,000 drivers in England and Wales after it settled a High Court claim over the installation of emissions cheating devices in its vehicles https://t.co/nk5h2UhHln
- Not-for-profit campaign organisation Good Law Project (GLP) will next month open a “law firm for the public good” to help run public law and social welfare case - Legal Futures https://t.co/ge9vMCY1C5
- A
doctor from North Lanarkshire has been jailed for 12 years after being
convicted of a campaign of sexual abuse over nearly four decades.
Krishna Singh, 72, kissed, groped, gave inappropriate examinations and
made sleazy comments to 47 patients https://t.co/5xVypQ0J2P
- Kate Moss testifies that Johnny Depp did not push her down stairs #US https://t.co/iD5OrbDj4N
- Six in 10 people in UK believe government ‘ignores rules’ https://t.co/23y0SJYsYF
- Nearly 4,000 passengers were issued fines for not wearing face coverings on London's transport network when it was mandatory to do so, new figures show https://t.co/Q8BsjCMwky
