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2nd July - Law News

Edition 3840: 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: Delhi Police, India, has added fresh charges against Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact-checking site Alt News who was arrested in a case related to an alleged objectionable tweet in 2018. The fresh charges of criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence were mentioned by the Delhi Police as it produced the fact-checker at the Patiala House court

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • CJC begins process for major reform of costs regime - Legal Futures https://t.co/FXc6GHPU5a
  • The Gazette has recently announced that they will be reaching out to probate practitioners to offer a free deceased estates notice placement guide, which can be passed on to clients | NLJ https://t.co/fU1kk4ofvE
  • #US president Joe Biden has said that women travelling for abortions will be protected by the federal government https://t.co/C32ehqqo3
  • Palestinian Authority routinely tortures detainees, says rights group: Human Rights Watch calls for donors to cut off funding to security forces and urges international court to investigate https://t.co/mVBdmNPZyd
  • Chris Pincher suspended as Tory MP after groping allegation https://t.co/bxMlo409DK
  • Two Met Police officers have been sacked for making "abhorrent" comments in a group chat, including a racist joke about the Duchess of Sussex https://t.co/yNz5wXdeLg
  • Criminal barristers’ pay offer in the dock https://t.co/AgUlcPETFC
  • Firm owner and consultant sanctioned for €9m supercar failures - Legal Futures https://t.co/nK7PXFMBLQ
  • The Roe ruling is not about states’ rights. It’s about power and control #US https://t.co/WhFakoWTi
  • Why is Raab so keen to hand the SRA extra powers? | Law Gazette https://t.co/qlcpBt6e84
  • Turnover and staff engagement soar at employee-owned firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/J7NHtbBDu
  • Sanctions on strikers 'could be unlawful' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ii7CiNbOe8
  • Supreme court expands states’ power to prosecute crimes on tribal lands #US https://t.co/KIrdr7IqJZ
  • Government to pay ‘reasonable fees’ of Post Office claimants | Law Gazette https://t.co/I06haJUFrL
  • Julian Assange is seeking permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the United States. Last month, the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the Wikileaks founder's extradition to the US https://t.co/MdneKkA9
  • The UK and New Zealand will allow more younger people to live and work in both countries for longer. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Kiwi counterpart Jacinda Ardern agreed to extend the Youth Mobility and Working Holiday schemes https://t.co/zxwRodxQ4K
  • American basketball star Brittney Griner has gone on trial in #Russia on charges of illegal cannabis possession. Shewas seen arriving handcuffed at a court in the town of Khimki, outside Moscow https://t.co/dRAJ3s4b8
  • Immigration advice scammer jailed for absconding while on bail - Legal Futures https://t.co/S3WbAbINbh
  • Minister complains to Speaker about Labour remarks on rape convictions https://t.co/NuCdW69Oho
  • Will cancelled after solicitor failed to probe ‘paranoid delusions’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/cXBBxc9DQx
  • Virginia lawsuits indicate pattern of schools ignoring reported sexual assaults #US https://t.co/3h1aUM0i1W
  • MoJ to fast-track criminal legal aid fee increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/eC02WtUcxW
  • Complaints about claims management companies continue to fall - Legal Futures https://t.co/rwKNiXofHP 
  • William Tyrrell’s foster mother denied mental health application over alleged assault of young girl #Australia https://t.co/qT6sK89jB6
  • Ambulance services are appealing for the public's help to find 70,000 defibrillator devices scattered in community locations across the UK. The machines can be a life-saver for people having a cardiac arrest https://t.co/QYxcSTbApS 
  • Ruja Ignatova, also known as the "missing Cryptoqueen", has been placed on the FBI's top 10 most wanted list. The #Bulgarian believed to be in her 40s, is wanted for her alleged role in running a cryptocurrency scam known as OneCoin https://t.co/LgtBZi8ewB 
  • A row has broken out on Twitter over pronouns on Halifax name badges, with the bank saying customers who object to its stance can close their accounts https://t.co/5ATGgFQM4C 
  • Government must strengthen laws against 'enablers', MPs say | Law Gazette https://t.co/123Ypry3f3
  • Home Office to face legal challenge over post-Brexit rights of EU citizens in UK - High court allows judicial review of rules that remove rights of those who do not apply for residency in time https://t.co/UgCUWIdM6j
  • A new route to practice rights for chartered legal executives - Legal Futures https://t.co/HPEiC0qWYD
  • London's top public-health doctor is urging anyone with monkeypox symptoms not to attend Pride events this weekend. Prof Kevin Fenton said people needed to watch out for unusual rashes, blisters, fevers and swollen glands https://t.co/T65PAowqsV
  • ‘Burn it’ solicitor: Destroying evidence was ‘utterly stupid’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/T9dw8aG6nf
  • The hoarder brother of a disabled woman who died from extreme ulcerations after being left on her bedroom floor for two weeks has been jailed for manslaughter https://t.co/j2ucFABY5U 
  • #US supreme court rules against EPA and hobbles government power to limit harmful emissions https://t.co/QDmQmlw6XA 
  • Slater and Gordon splits business but denies merger talk | Law Gazette https://t.co/4i2uJfFzAj