Edition 3848: 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: Why is judicial independence important? What role does the Supreme Court play in maintaining democracy and the rule of law?
This video about the independence of the Supreme Court explores the roots of the highest court in the land, unpacks the principle of separation of powers, and explains judicial review.
This video is the second in our series about the role and workings of the Supreme Court. It is part of a wide range of learning resources designed to aid teaching in the classroom about the law, as well as to complement educational visits here.
If you are a teacher or student interested in such a visit, please visit www.supremecourt.uk/education for more information.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Ghislaine Maxwell appeals against sex trafficking conviction #US https://t.co/nPKiDPjp4g
- Raab vows to seek more funding to fix court repair backlog | Law Gazette https://t.co/FiC9bqdoB3
- The mother of Baby P has been released from prison. Tracey Connolly was jailed in 2009 after admitting causing or allowing the death of her son Peter at their home in Tottenham, north London, in 2007 https://t.co/Den1MWhvqP
- Justice minister takes a dig at criminal bar in resignation letter | Law Gazette https://t.co/wc3g5IqzU
- ‘Heads I win, tails you lose’: firm loses DBA appeal | Law Gazette https://t.co/8UTLjUOlWy
- Taylor Wessing posts 32% profits bump | Law Gazette https://t.co/peDmiyYsMv
- Twitter says it suspends 1m spam users a day as Elon Musk row deepens https://t.co/KkesimDRLM
- A Moscow councillor has been jailed for seven years for speaking out against #Russia's war in Ukraine - in what is said to be the first full jail term under new laws targeting dissent. Alexei Gorinov, 60, was arrested in April https://t.co/JXk7aaqxHf
- Bevan Brittan eyes acquisitions after record revenues | Law Gazette https://t.co/NkxTDxjBv8
- Criminal reforms target ‘deepfake’ and nonconsensual pornographic imagery https://t.co/xo8EXdyGCQ
- A man who murdered police community support officer Julia James while she was out walking her dog has been jailed for life. Callum Wheeler beat Mrs James to death with a metal bar after "ambushing" her near her Kent home in April 2021 https://t.co/i2BmFoHaqq
- Lord chief worried about growing reliance on part-time judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/9Qt6qHLzma
- Education of children in care in England held back by ‘system failings’ https://t.co/GqosE2bfRG
- High Court criticises SDT for "sweeping anonymity orders" - Legal Futures https://t.co/yExKB0x2h7
- #Finland passes law to bolster border fence with Russia https://t.co/XhbHgMwdjh
- Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and vice-president Michel Platini have both been found not guilty following their fraud trial in #Switzerland. The pair stood trial over a payment of 2m Swiss francs (£1.6m) made by Blatter to Platini in 2011 https://t.co/ZJvbptYaX
- Parts of a Mail on Sunday article about Prince Harry's legal claim against the Home Office were defamatory, a High Court judge has said https://t.co/pnHZ6qtfzG
- Shinzo Abe: #Japan's ex-leader Abe assassinated while giving speech https://t.co/eoCKKxPSbM
- Solicitor's "oversight" saw £68,000 paid to conveyancing fraudster - Legal Futures https://t.co/AVsKcxoD8
- Defendant DBAs are unlawful, Court of Appeal rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/MTjDuP6EFu
- More people - mostly women - have been underpaid their state pension than previously thought, latest government figures show. A new estimate suggests 237,000 state pensioners were paid less than their entitlement, with a total of nearly £1.5bn underpaid https://t.co/b9TmUOaJm6
- LawtechUK launches ‘regulatory pathfinding’ programme - Legal Futures https://t.co/xhRAGeCksu
- Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights. Chauvin, 46, pleaded guilty to the separate federal civil rights charges in December #US https://t.co/pQm5DHnuYy
- Resolution backs 'one lawyer, two clients' divorce model | Law Gazette https://t.co/98gsKQ6FhR
- Top-50 financial results table 2022: updated live | Law Gazette https://t.co/zWWUkMose1
- Judge lambasts SDT’s ‘sweeping’ anonymity orders | Law Gazette https://t.co/8nOW9I5Ein
- Mother in law: The letter 'H' | Law Gazette https://t.co/WrqeDFFjCU
- Attorney general refuses to resign despite calling for PM to go | Law Gazette https://t.co/ua9aa7AjEb
- Solicitor general and justice minister join wave of resignations | Law Gazette https://t.co/Juq7TeAwkK
