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28th May - Law News

Edition 3805: 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: "Language Debate Unnecessary, Politically Created" in India: Onternational Booker Prize Winner Geetanjali Shree

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Katie Mearns joins Aberdein Considine in newly created role | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/JfPiXlDoNF
  • Johnny Depp: Jury deliberations begin in Amber Heard defamation trial - Mr Depp, 58, sued his ex-wife for $50m (£40m) for an article she wrote in which she claims to be an abuse victim. Ms Heard, 36, counter-sued for $100m https://t.co/FO3XgnY4Ot 
  • HMCTS pays £111m for new London tribunal centre | Law Gazette https://t.co/oKCFDuPUBt 
  • CPS guidance ‘makes things worse’ for rape survivors, victims’ commissioner says - Vera Baird calls for therapy notes to be excluded from criminal trials, as they are in Australia https://t.co/G3pve0EaIo 
  • Aidan Cotter appointed as chair of Irish seafood industry body | Irish Legal News https://t.co/CXmQqwoYLM
  • A&L Goodbody appoints Enda O’Keeffe as construction and engineering partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/jkZ2Z8ENMs 
  • Scandal-hit Nottingham maternity services ordered to improve https://t.co/K1JmP9zoYR 
  • Tory MP quits as a ministerial aide over the "deep mistrust" created by Sue Gray's report on lockdown parties in Downing Street. Paul Holmes, an assistant to Home Secretary Priti Patel, said he was "shocked and angered" by the revelations in the report https://t.co/wQj9zvCrV4 
  • Should we rethink the ‘standard’ work week? - Legal Futures https://t.co/9lHsn3Zkkh 
  • A police dog has died while on duty after chasing down two moped thieves. Six-year-old Xavier Charles, better known as Stanley, collapsed while on patrol with his handler in London in the early hours of Sunday morning https://t.co/0ai75tYGhE 
  • Police in Texas have revised key details about Tuesday's deadly school shooting as criticism mounts from parents over the initial response. The gunman roamed outside the Uvalde school for 12 minutes before entering unchallenged, police said on Thursday #US https://t.co/dmyDc2KoCb 
  • Police force spending £1m redacting material | Law Gazette https://t.co/2jhJbTYF2a 
  • Courts send different messages to lawyers over witness statements - Legal Futures https://t.co/Nd1KOdB9vw 
  • DWF announces Hong Kong tie-up – as Addleshaw Goddard leaves | Law Gazette https://t.co/lmm7k19FWF 
  • #HongKong judicial independence under systematic attack, legal figures warn https://t.co/ya2k7KXmLr 
  • Fast-growing firm expands in south west with acquisition | Law Gazette https://t.co/d9xYVd1cCS 
  • “Reprehensible” clients ordered to pay ex-solicitors indemnity costs - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZcyrDBIB3E
  • The death of a black man who was forced into a police car boot where a gas grenade was set off has sparked outrage in Brazil. Police stopped Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, in the street in the north-eastern city of Umbaúba, Sergipe state, on Wednesday https://t.co/f1gxkJQRhD 
  • A man with autism is taking supermarket giant Sainsbury's to court for refusing entry to his assistance cat. Designer and writer Ian Fenn from London says the ban on Chloe, who helps him in daily life, is limiting his independence https://t.co/5Ofd8aiqWW 
  • New legislation aimed at reforming the law of moveable transactions has been published in draft today | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pkg4YcW995 
  • 'Too fair, too kind, too gentle': legal aid solicitors demand tougher action | Law Gazette https://t.co/Mfeu0UYla5 
  • Shakespeare Martineau unveils merger as 'house of brands' strategy ramps up - Legal Futures https://t.co/HlTaJeLhpC 
  • #Spanish parliament approves ‘only yes means yes’ consent bill https://t.co/wnSlaGv4MD 
  • Bird & Bird appoints first partners in Dublin | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NDDBq49Vyw 
  • The wearing of face masks will no longer be legally required in Welsh health and social care services from Monday. First Minister Mark Drakeford is set to axe the last of Wales' Covid rules, which have been in place in some form since March 2020 https://t.co/u2uqwOmbZ0
  • DBA client admits allegations against law firm were to get out of paying - Legal Futures https://t.co/N0Lwl29wP2
  • Swinney announces plans to make UNCRC bill intra vires | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0MSm6H0eM8 
  • Six soldiers and a veteran have been arrested on suspicion of drugs and money lending and laundering offences, the Ministry of Defence has said. Six Irish Guards troops and a Coldstream Guardsman veteran were arrested by the Royal Military Police https://t.co/h4zkOHHVic 
  • There was "no clear evidence" that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had breached Covid-19 rules many times in Downing Street, the Metropolitan Police's acting chief has said https://t.co/sS35Q2bQRO