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30th May - Law News

Edition 3807: 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: Competition and Markets Authority (Respondent) v Flynn Pharma Ltd and another (Appellants)

Focus of the Day Article: The Sentencing Council has published revised guidelines for domestic, non-domestic and aggravated burglary offences, including middle categories for culpability and harm factors. Full story - New Law Journal
 
Saturday Conversations on Law

  • The High Court recently handed down its decision in Fairburn v Radecki [2022] HCA 18, which considered whether a de facto relationship between two parties had broken down, and, if so, by what point - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/oKrYXipKDi 
  • The UK's culture secretary has urged Uefa to formally investigate "deeply concerning" scenes which delayed the start of the Champions League final #France https://t.co/NA32RcBJo8
  • Addleshaws to shutter Hong Kong office as DWF enters city with new alliance - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9UFePO0KMH
  • #Afghan journalists facing death threats and beatings, despite UK pledge to save them https://t.co/NS59PyDwOn 
  • ‘I woke up and he was on top of me’: six women on being abused by fashion agent Jean-Luc Brunel https://t.co/xww0tTbJvI 
  • Workplace wellness must extend ‘well beyond obligations regarding duty of care’ - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Xf12eJQbtW
  • Why do law school based legal services clinics fail? | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/jYTkHz2ccE 
  • Kremlin mulls Nuremberg-style trials based on second world war tribunals #Russia https://t.co/eacyiyMwWn
  • Exchange Chambers sets record with eight pupillage spots - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xQ4DaYBtO6
  • Law Society marks 20th anniversary of access programme | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XIDsvBZJjX
  • Compliance in the paralegal sector is more critical than ever before – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/pqYQqXU01f 
  • Bakers provides £4k LPC ‘boost grant’ to future trainees in financial difficulty - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BLl2YT4VMS
  • Natasha Catterson: Solving immigration problems to welcome Ukrainians | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lET8khlomp 
  • Pinsent Masons and Osborne Clarke up eco efforts with net-zero emissions targets - Legal Cheek https://t.co/coUxJmpMPe
  • A council that declared bankruptcy last year earlier spent £28,000 on indoor plants which a councillor said are now "dying". Slough Borough Council bought the 200 plants for its £41m Observatory House HQ when it moved in 2019 https://t.co/8cVNhJjy15 
  • Entries open for Bar Council’s Employed Bar Awards 2022 – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/9P6F8BlAx8 
  • There will be no further extension to immigration permissions beyond the end of May 2022, the government has confirmed | Irish Legal News https://t.co/RxIpTmz1ri
  • The Weekly Round-up: stop-and-search powers, human trafficking and MI5 informants - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/hgGB2VyHEt 
  • Regional NQ lawyer pay hits record high as Hogan Lovells increases to £70k in Birmingham - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ItySLGkmpd
  • Applications now open for The Legal Cheek Summer 2022 Virtual Vacation Scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ax5eTGYEKK 
  • The government is pushing ahead with its plans to modernise lasting powers of attorney (LPA), including allowing people to make an LPA completely online for the first time | NLJ https://t.co/V2MVm9DPgs
  • Boris Johnson to reportedly bring back imperial measurements to mark platinum jubilee https://t.co/vZBIPeS6DM 
  • Today marks 90 years since the House of Lords judgment of Donoghue v Stevenson, a caselaw classic among all students of common law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Cc2RjnXEfg