Edition 3856: 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: On creating inclusive workplaces for trans and non-binary people - Lesbian, gay, bi, trans and non-binary inclusion by the SRA.
Focus of the Day Article: The Crown Court backlog has reduced by a mere 111 cases, from 58,386 in April 2022 to 58,275 in May 2022, the latest Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures show. Full story - New Law Journal
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Has the Magic Circle lost its magic? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6kOHL0hvIf
- ‘ESG is now BAU’, says BigLaw firm’s report: A new report from a global law firm details leading concerns for #Australian business leaders at this critical juncture, as well as their headline ESG priorities - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/b0tZqpJoG
- Freshfields ups financial support for SQE trainees to £20,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YVEXdqnrZC
- Full video: How the SQE can help create a more diverse legal profession - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ky2peirFLM
- Zahawi urged to explain source of £26m mystery loans: Chancellor’s £58m property firm used loans to buy commercial and retail premises across the UK https://t.co/TfuHypXECJ
- Law Pod UK latest: The 2022 Bill of Rights - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/lLfq3eHbSv
- Bill forcing restaurants to hand over tips to staff wins MPs’ backing: Employers will no longer be able to withhold tips and will be obliged to share tipping records https://t.co/WvdahMFsHD
- Adam Harry, #India transgender pilot's long fight to fly - halfway through his flight training course, the state of Kerala stopped funding him after he came out as transgender https://t.co/UsLPboIYvG
- Political opposition translating into hostility, not sign of healthy democracy: Chief Justice of India NV Ramana | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/R55O3vxSzu
- Heat emergency: courts set to continue despite ‘red warning’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/YacmnjO1p
- Ricky
Bibey, a two-time Challenge Cup winner with Wigan Warriors and St
Helens, was found dead in the room at the Hotel Continentale on Saturday
morning, alongside a 43-year-old woman who had suffered serious
injuries https://t.co/gi2CeNc4Cx
- German law firm opens office in metaverse - Legal Cheek https://t.co/iwUS9pbUpR
- Grand Slam winning rugby captain Ryan Jones has joined a legal action against rugby's governing bodies after being diagnosed with early onset dementia https://t.co/O48UCWkf50
- [Narendra Modi assassination plot] Bombay High Court grants bail to convict in 2006 Aurangabad arms haul | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/0mRfIOJF9r
- Boris Johnson and the Lebedevs: The ties between the PM and an ex-KGB officer, first revealed three years ago, could be Johnson’s lasting legacy https://t.co/JPyu5RO7N7
- The #India couple in 'one pizza a month' wedding contract https://t.co/lyc3wKobs
- A famous beauty queen from Ethiopia's war-wracked Tigray region, Selamawit Teklay, has described her harrowing ordeal crossing the English Channel to seek asylum in the UK https://t.co/r3SFXS0NeE
- A&O: ‘Exceptional’ US growth pushes partner profits close to £2 million - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mStiMnTJiY
- Virtual student event NEXT WEEK: How to become a human rights lawyer — with Bindmans, Cornerstone Barristers and ULaw - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EbDjYm1ks7
- Solicitor convicted over VAT fraud agrees to be struck off | Law Gazette https://t.co/qDdsmEkUnC
- The Weekly Round-up: PM resigns, Criminal Bar strikes, and no diplomatic immunity for modern slavery - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/OKc9xeZ0Q9
- A
man who died after being attacked near a nightclub has been named as
Matthew Thomas. The 47-year-old, from Neath, was assaulted close to The
Arch nightclub, on Commercial Street, Neath Port Talbot, at about 00:50
BST on Friday https://t.co/VIyNqUBKED
- British man, 40, found dead in Florence hotel with injured woman - The pair were staying at the four-star Hotel Continentale, in the historic centre of Florence, having reportedly arrived in the city on Friday night https://t.co/6P6am9xHxV
- Appeal court kicks out judge’s ban on police investigation - Appeal court kicks out judge’s ban on police investigation: Veto on Met interviews into child abuse allegations ‘overreached powers’ https://t.co/VNaTyC1Dpg
- Why you should be worried about halloumi IP: the unusual intellectual property laws protecting the popular cheese - Legal Cheek https://t.co/h90GJIIuGJ
- Bar strikes begin to bite hard | Law Gazette https://t.co/FQ7zuCqskb
- LPA registration speeding up - but complaints taking longer to resolve | Law Gazette https://t.co/m1s06jpNSp
- MPs angry as Raab ducks human rights committee | Law Gazette https://t.co/aCRyMnzAFx
