Edition 3808: 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: France's interior minister has defended police actions at the Champions League final saying they prevented deaths from happening. Riot officers fired pepper spray and tear gas at some Liverpool fans who were trying to get into the ground for the match on Saturday night. The minister blamed "industrial scale" ticket fraud amongst Liverpool fans for causing chaos at the Stade de France. But a Downing Street spokesman described the scenes as "deeply upsetting" and called for an investigation.
Focus of the Day Article: UK PM Boris Johnson accused of abusing ministerial code so rule-breakers can avoid sack. Former member of government’s ethics watchdog urges Conservative MPs to challenge PM’s revisions. Full story - Guardian Law
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- No 10 refuses to deny social event at Boris Johnson’s flat not investigated by Gray https://t.co/kYsdTlcSo5
- Home Office cancels Border Force contract with P&O Ferries after mass sackings - Agreement to provide contingency travel services terminated over layoffs of nearly 800 seafarers https://t.co/Pqw1p55jMr
- UK investigators told to stop mass collection of personal data in rape cases - Information commissioner says indiscriminate gathering of details is undermining trust in justice system https://t.co/f2hGD9c2Vt
- City pay war: Clifford Chance responds with improved £125k NQ lawyer rate - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2SDSY7obrZ
- Uttarakhand
forms panel headed by retired judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai to
implement Uniform Civil Code | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/nSQCyKrLKe
- BPP, King’s, Southbank and Westminster among law schools recognised for pro bono work - Legal Cheek https://t.co/q9s7mHZDGN
- A man disguised as an elderly woman in a wheelchair has thrown cake at the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting at the Louvre in Paris #France https://t.co/zZUAI84Yjs
- A lawyer for Windrush victims says the Tory government must publish a report which suggests institutional racism at Priti Patel's Home Office caused the scandal https://t.co/YwIoVEcrYU
- LawTech Talks: Are you running your firm, or is your firm running you? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/2lcA7ycS4X
- Regulator's fining powers set to increase 1000% to £25k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GRxEdD2n61
- Workforce strategy: Why businesses should invest in this area now - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/m7abrhHENz
- The burden of litigation of luxury, direct appeals to Supreme Court and some recent reprieve | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/mrChNrRH1k
- DAC Beachcroft to offer pupillages for first time - Legal Cheek https://t.co/hN5BwDV5y5
- How quadriplegia provided lawyer-turned-doctor Dinesh Palipana the chance to leave the world a better place - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/3rA0D28fBp
- Hogan Lovells joins raft of firms upping LPC maintenance grants by 25% - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Pw0W1NmVTB
- A statue of Margaret Thatcher erected in her home town vandalised two weeks after a man was fined for throwing eggs at it. The £300,000 sculpture in Grantham was daubed with red paint and a hammer and sickle was painted on the fence protecting it https://t.co/UlA7R9AepE
- Man cleared to seek compensation for 16 years in prison before conviction for murder of son overturned #Ireland https://t.co/GxthPrqk88
- UN’s Bachelet says #China trip not for a probe, faces criticism - Rights bodies criticise the rights chief for failing to hold the Chinese government accountable for rights abuse against Uighur Muslims https://t.co/EAH2ZSG8Wo
- ‘Slavery, rape, torture’: #Libya threatened by foreign fighters https://t.co/dHm9jT7Ax7
- A woman who felt forced to track down her stolen car - leading to her being threatened by a man with a crowbar. A man with disabilities who says police failings led to him being targeted by a gang, and repeatedly burgled https://t.co/L0u7DjIMsw
- SRA rebuke for former City partner who put his arm around trainee in strip club - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0yRHd5ct3G
- Is it time for #Australia to legislate on menstrual leave? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/ysy2ATx4Z3
- Some shooting estates in England burn deep peat moorland in protected areas despite a government ban, say the RSPB and Greenpeace. England's deep peat soils support rare ecosystems and store huge amounts of carbon https://t.co/SC04Ahg4dI
- Delhi
High Court imposes ₹25 lakh costs on website for infringing trademark
of legendary film 'Sholay' | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/drGuC2Mdob
- Medical
leaders in the UK have launched a fresh call for buffer zones to be set
up around abortion clinics to prevent aggressive pro-life activists
targeting patients and staff https://t.co/1Oh1A1n25C
- Graduates from the world's top universities will be able to apply to come to the UK under a new visa scheme. The government says the "high potential individual" route, which opens on Monday, will attract the "brightest and best" early in their careers https://t.co/4gHTvAsxsd
- Top City firms help establish Black British civil rights group - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mC0yPmYxXr
- Taylor Appelbaum Discusses The Copyright Implications and Issues with NFTs - A Lawyer’s Perspective | Lawyer Herald https://t.co/vMpnG2dpef
- A&O to help fund disadvantaged students through Queen’s University Belfast - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HU2zt6tgX3
- Tesla boss Elon Musk wants to launch a ‘hardcore litigation department’ filled with ‘streetfighter' lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Ctvd3S0XcQ
- Reed Smith counts 'sustainability hours' towards billing targets - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zR7bCQbnGE
