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19th July - Law News

Edition 3857: 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: A report into the fatal school shooting in Uvalde in Texas has found there were “multiple systemic failures” in the police response Nineteen students and two teachers were killed in the attack at Robb Elementary school - and although almost 400 police officers were at the scene - the report says they put their own safety ahead of the lives of children and staff, waiting more than an hour before the decision was taken to confront the gunman. 

Focus of the Day Article: Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has rejected 12 separate grounds of appeal by a murderer who claimed his counsel were dishonest, lacking integrity, and encouraged him to perjure himself. Full story - Irish Legal News
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Top-50 financial results table 2022: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWWUkMG35z
  • Ben Roberts-Smith was targeted after being awarded Victoria Cross, his barrister tells court #Australia https://t.co/h64GT7l9ee
  • Clifford Chance joins firms handing cost of living bonuses to trainees and staff - Legal Cheek https://t.co/2mLqlpez8D
  • Party autonomy, independence from governmental controls the guiding principles of IAMC: Registrar Tariq Khan | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/UDwenPr2l1
  • Unpacking reforms to cyber and critical infrastructure - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Th0FsBLRqs
  • Bye bye, BCAT: Bar aptitude test to be ditched this month - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PbwCnTUofb
  • Drone to search wreckage after aircraft carrying ‘dangerous’ cargo crashes in #Greece https://t.co/SR8i15MbTy
  • Unmarried women pregnant from consensual sex cannot terminate pregnancy older than 20 weeks: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/7W4OZc6kiL 
  • Jeremy Hartwell from the second series of Netflix show Love Is Blind is suing the streaming service over alleged breaches of labour laws alleging producers encouraged the cast to drink alcohol, while limiting access to food & water and underpaying them https://t.co/QMHMHEfL
  • Bakers boosts NQ lawyer salaries to £110,000 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/T9udfgURmg
  • Bombay High Court denies bail to 23-year-old accused of murdering girlfriend at New Year's eve party | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/1tN28VTqZF
  • 'Pay criminal barristers properly', says PM hopeful Nadhim Zahawi - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zZRogleZK
  • A ban on heading by players in matches at under-12 level is to be trialled by the Football Association https://t.co/snzsTtyccN
  • You’re not taking the dog! How pet custody battles turned nasty https://t.co/p014Ne9BUd
  • Rowdy sheets under Police Standing Orders, home visits, collecting personal info infringe privacy: Andhra Pradesh High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/giESwjvrGs
  • A letter to the Law Society of England and Wales and the Bar Council, from the UK-based National Cyber Security Centre, has warned the legal professional body about “the role of solicitors paying off cyber black mailers” - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/LyIiv56CvQ
  • Willkie increases LPC and GDL maintenance grants by a quarter - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mgo8u873qa
  • The father of a sex-assault victim is backing barristers' strike action, even though it could add to the court delays. The fourth week of the action, over pay, will last for five days, adding to trial delays in England and Wales https://t.co/WB15X21FOp
  • #Ukraine president Zelensky suspends security chief and top prosecutor - A total of 651 collaboration and treason cases had been opened against law enforcement officials, he added https://t.co/HuyGdBzN46
  • Crypto: The good, the bad and the ugly - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/07LsgMeY2p
  • X marks the spot: Treasure law reforms in England and Wales - Legal Cheek https://t.co/i6Z8xu1vw6
  • Tool to assess jailed terrorists before release criticised as unreliable and prejudicial to Muslims #Australia https://t.co/yWLgO69NpM
  • NIRF Rankings 2022: Symbiosis Pune joins NLSIU, NLU Delhi in top three Indian law schools | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/cj1w0wTcn
  • Linklaters decides against upping NQ lawyer pay - for now - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JmN7qB6E75
  • A union has called for a legal limit on how hot it can be in a workplace ahead of a red warning for extreme heat. The GMB union said workers should not have to contend with temperatures any higher than 25C https://t.co/hWLNKp4LBj
  • Police in #Iran arrested several at protests against the near disappearance of what was once the world's second largest salt lake. Lake Urmia was the main began shrinking in 1995 due to extreme drought, agriculture & dam building https://t.co/i3Z5TSGR6Z 
  • Highlights from The Legal Cheek-ULaw Summer 2022 Virtual Vacation Scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/n531PQIL0b
  • Every lawyer owes a duty to the institution; don’t be a silent spectator: Madhya Pradesh's criminal law doyen Anil Khare | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/UGvHetnVJS