Edition 3846: 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: Basfar (Respondent) v Wong (Appellant) [2022] - UKSC 2020/0155
Focus of the Day Article: A law firm has announced it will make a one-off payment to its lower earners to help with the cost of living. Bird & Bird in London will pay a one-off £1,000 bonus this month to all staff on an annual salary of less than £50,000.. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Amazon is under investigation in the UK over concerns that the company is giving an unfair advantage to certain sellers on its marketplace https://t.co/bRc2zvRW7
- Richard Pugh: Engaging with young people to inspire future advocates | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/RGlOo2L6O
- Negligence case over 2013 property sale was not statute barred, court rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/k39OY0No5c
- Three-way race for next Bar Council chairperson | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IGmRSKHUJf
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- Philip Lee appoints Finola Igoe as senior associate in construction team | Irish Legal News https://t.co/b3Y6xhBOW
- Firm hands staff £1,000 cost-of-living crisis bonus | Law Gazette https://t.co/EjLZmtbf1U
- The
UK Supreme Court has ruled that a Saudi diplomat cannot hide behind
immunity to exploit workers, in a victory for campaigners against modern
slavery https://t.co/vQxYZ9qwqJ
- Promotions and new hires at Gibson Kerr | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/sNfyPPtcKg
- Good Law Project wins costs cap in PPE case | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vy9u9pBsjY
- A woman who said people cannot change their biological sex was discriminated against by her employers, an employment tribunal has ruled. Tax expert Maya Forstater did not have her contract renewed after posting a series of tweets about gender and sex https://t.co/s124FOTSL9
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- Litigant in person can sue law centre and barrister for negligence - Legal Futures https://t.co/5r0AzLASZz
- Freeman Johnson select PracticeEvolve to bring consistency to their business | Irish Legal News https://t.co/9Rpwz8B8UD
- Ukraine Bar Association opens to foreign members | Law Gazette https://t.co/pboH8E7Zvt
- Mariano Janin whose 14-year-old daughter killed herself is calling for parents to be able to access their children's social media after they die https://t.co/UsYaZtbKbe
- Lady Hale warns of ‘dangers’ of British Bill of Rights in Belfast speech | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7XJVJ6JIp
- Solicitors could escalate legal aid action next week | Law Gazette https://t.co/jaEJADqplV
- Firm cleared of disability discrimination against senior support manager - Legal Futures https://t.co/kVryVzZKR
- UK ‘backsliding on human rights’ – Council of Europe | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZdBDJEwP1q
- Bernard John Higgins, from Hemlington, was convicted at Teesside Magistrates' Court after confronting a youth allegedly responsible for causing trouble on the 65-year-old's estate https://t.co/4HtYOLNzva
- Robert Crimo, who opened fire on a Fourth of July parade near Chicago has been charged with seven counts of murder, officials say #US https://t.co/XipEABXkFI
- Supplier of slurry tank damaged by landslip fails in attempt to have breach of contract action thrown out by prescription | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/VAVpyGpwm2
- My legal life: Michael Roberts, Hogan Lovells - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/IF18Ghecgo
- Firm ordered to pay wasted costs over lack of authority to act - Legal Futures https://t.co/lLPzYxCxRC
- Some aspects of overturning Roe v Wade for bars and lawyers | aw Gazette https://t.co/H6plP8gZs6
- Portsmouth’s £25m border post stands empty after minister’s imports U-turn: At least £450m of taxpayers’ money has been spent on facilities to handle post-Brexit checks, now delayed https://t.co/wrAeNVGmqC
- SRA left with £20,000 bill after tribunal clears veteran solicitor of dishonesty | Law Gazette https://t.co/rXiNz5bySg
- A doctor who killed a mother-of-three when he botched a procedure during a routine appointment has been jailed. Dr Isyaka Mamman, now thought to be 85, admitted gross negligence manslaughter over the death of Shahida Parveen https://t.co/xrU1Tt3PId
