Edition 3806: 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: While dwindling elephant populations are under threat in many parts of the world, it's a different story in southern Africa. Zimbabwe in particular has seen numbers grow so much, it now says it's struggling to manage them. It wants to sell its large stockpile of ivory to help pay for better conservation. International trade has been been banned since 1989. But will lifting it encourage more poaching?
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Washington’s shame: how previous bids to tighten gun laws have failed #US https://t.co/TOnWpb57d4
- Lawyers are invited to take part in CPD-accredited training with the Sycamore Trust Autism Training Services | NLJ https://t.co/e5TDPopWXW
- Broken alarm system halts trials at Crown court | Law Gazette https://t.co/4SyyNCek7I
- Solicitors found to have fallen short of professional standards will be fined in relation to their firm’s turnover and financial means, under Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) plans | NLJ https://t.co/rkeCUWxszq
- Emails should be courteous, not explosive | Law Gazette https://t.co/EuUyrvgpsr
- A victim of historic child abuse has secured a six-figure settlement following a landmark case - Thorntons achieves landmark settlement in historic child abuse case | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4kGoRfCC2q
- Civil cases waiting up to 15 months for first hearing, research reveals | Law Gazette https://t.co/28dc4ApDeW
- More than one in five employers intend to insist employees are vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, a YouGov survey commissioned by Acas has found | NLJ https://t.co/YG5xfmjMCC
- Veteran solicitor fined for running family finances through firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/Z3iDEjLLkN
- Shakespeare Martineau unveils merger as 'house of brands' strategy ramps up - Legal Futures https://t.co/HlTaJetG12
- A gambling addict's widow has handed in a petition calling on the government to publish a review of gambling laws https://t.co/HFKuuWik6J
- Missing witness and a change of government: the latest delays in Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case #Australia https://t.co/tFvQ4VRBGj
- Boyce questions lord chief's assertion on judicial diversity | Law Gazette https://t.co/jaWQRYWyxn
- “Reprehensible” clients ordered to pay ex-solicitors indemnity costs - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZcyrDC0cse
- Stop abuse of migrant workers before Britain becomes the next Dubai https://t.co/Nl0w3f6ep8
- LSB charts its own progress with new website | Law Gazette https://t.co/OXLSocMF1R
- Tory ministers who break standards rules in a "minor" way will not be expected to resign or face the sack, under new government guidelines - minor includes bullying https://t.co/tGD2V7Es98
- Courts send different messages to lawyers over witness statements - Legal Futures https://t.co/Nd1KOdjy6W
- The Sentencing Council has published revised guidelines for domestic, non-domestic and aggravated burglary offences, including middle categories for culpability and harm factors | NLJ https://t.co/RJpjcoiGNP
- Bullying rule could be self-defeating, Society tells SRA | Law Gazette https://t.co/PGqx1YG0Ru
- Armed female bystander kills man firing at party in West Virginia #US https://t.co/f4nKgf519g
- Government sets out timetable for implementation of Peter Kelly report | Irish Legal News https://t.co/5cSW8qHVNI
- Law firms have collaborated to help develop and launch the Black Equity Organisation (BEO), an independent civil rights group to advance justice and equity for Black people in the UK | NLJ https://t.co/IkHZBlCDmw
- Should we rethink the ‘standard’ work week? - Legal Futures https://t.co/9lHsn3HIVH
- Boris Johnson accused of changing ministerial code to ‘save his skin’ - Rewritten rules remove need to resign – instead ministers can apologise or temporarily lose pay for breaches https://t.co/mX4Tf3kHrt
- #Russia is guilty of inciting genocide in Ukraine, expert report concludes https://t.co/ywmII8jAgt
- AG hosts Ukraine prosecutor general for war crimes discussions | Law Gazette https://t.co/AvzLzlrf4j
