Edition 3841: 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: Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and resultant sanctions on President Putin’s oligarch elite, a spotlight has been firmly cast on the British capital and its complicity as a store for dirty money. Now, the British government is seeking to salvage its reputation with a clampdown on corruption. But will it be successful? And just how will London fare without its fix of forbidden finance?
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Barristers owed average of €27,000 by solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/oqDYeB4cpd
- Anthony Albanese raises case of jailed #Australian engineer Robert Pether with Iraqi PM https://t.co/bJF927Cde
- Adoption Authority opens applications for contact preference register | Irish Legal News https://t.co/o4cuIAopL0
- A team of experts from York, Cardiff and Lancaster universities has been appointed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to investigate the over-representation of solicitors from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds https://t.co/x36AAJMCOU
- Ten Irish barristers have been appointed to the European Commission’s panels of arbitrators and trade and sustainable development experts (TSD) | Irish Legal News https://t.co/7dzr244p9
- Firm shuts citing ‘unmanageable’ rises in PII costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/edYagyG4Fz
- Moveable Transactions Bill to be scrutinised at Holyrood | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0xsPRCJOVJ
- The for-profit unregulated legal services sector may account for up to 9% of the market for individuals and 39% of the market for SMEs, researchers have found | NLJ https://t.co/70F03tLxr6
- The Criminal Bar Association instructs Mishcon de Reya and specialist leading counsel, on a pro bono basis, to consider whether the Ministry of Justice's activities in response to its Days of Action amounts to unlawful processing of personal data https://t.co/ytS9KKqgjV
- Hundreds
of people have gathered for a vigil dedicated to Zara Aleena,
35-year-old law graduate, who was killed as she walked home from a night
out https://t.co/hStvS7D3PC
- Innes Clark: Timely reminder of risk of bypassing collective bargaining procedures | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TZAX7WQ1nF
- Anthony Albanese raises case of jailed #Australian engineer Robert Pether with Iraqi PM https://t.co/bJF927Cden
- A round-up of human rights stories from around the world | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/p0J2Z9CHCh
- Bereaved then evicted by in-laws: #Kenya’s widows fight disinheritance https://t.co/tSSw3hJyNG
- Will invalidated after solicitor failed to check "delusional" client's capacity - Legal Futures https://t.co/HkLPdQJAFP
- More money could be returned to victims of crime, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Max Hill QC has told Peers | NLJ https://t.co/RF2Q2zoKy0
- Take advantage of upfront information reform, conveyancers urged - Legal Futures https://t.co/Npig2VqwGD
- Abortion: UK women face protests by emboldened bigots who don't care about children after birth, but are focused on controlling women's wombs https://t.co/8L0tJTMwu9
- Special paid leave for Covid-related sickness and isolation will be scrapped next week for NHS staff in England, it has been announced. From 7 July staff will revert to normal contractual sick pay arrangements https://t.co/4uhzewK1YP
- Two
more Britons captured by #Russian forces in Ukraine have been charged
with being mercenaries, according to Russian state media. Dylan Healy, a
chef who was volunteering as an aid worker, had been captured at a
checkpoint in April https://t.co/kszTKhbbKE
- A National Deprivation of Liberty court (DoLs) is due to be launched next week, the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane has said| NLJ https://t.co/L59FYmUJ8U
- 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/C32ehqqo3i
- 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
