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14th August - Law News

Edition 3882: 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: Rising inflation in Sierra Leone is pushing many families into extreme poverty and on to the streets. On Wednesday, anti-government protests turned violent, leading to the death of 27 people, including six police officers.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Taliban fighters have dispersed dozens of female protesters in Kabul, almost a year after the militant group seized power. About 40 women marched through the #Afghan capital demanding rights, before the Taliban broke it up by firing into the air https://t.co/1kGQEu7hQV
  • Firms will need to consider purchasing separate cyber attack insurance this year, the Law Society has warned | NLJ https://t.co/IEAMZBzkU1 
  • Magistrates' court staff vote to strike over Common Platform | Law Gazette https://t.co/P7TOsH6T9g
  • A health board’s defence of fundamental dishonesty―a fast-developing defence used in clinical negligence cases―has been dismissed as ‘entirely unfounded’, in a claim concerning vaginal mesh surgery | NLJ https://t.co/ty4kXVvfoz
  • NI High Court: Investigation report into 1971 bombing quashed due to investigative bias | Irish Legal News https://t.co/GxQSxVW0PV
  • "An utterly dishonest man" - Schools jailed over Axiom fraud - Legal Futures https://t.co/nKSbGC9Idr
  • The man suspected of stabbing Salman Rushdie at an event in the United States on Friday has been charged with attempted murder. Hadi Matar, 24, has appeared in court and has been remanded without bail, the prosecutor said #US https://t.co/oL7PCnN0W9
  • Northern Ireland launches crackdown on legal aid fraud | Irish Legal News https://t.co/M9VGuj3tiw 
  • The Law Commission is launching a major review of the criminal appeals process | NLJ https://t.co/KMLuVLIv9K
  • A huge fire which tore through a popular nature reserve and forced the evacuation of a beach was most likely caused by a barbecue, firefighters say, all caused by picnickers irresponsible barbecues https://t.co/tBr4BcEBdS 
  • Earning her Spurs: Meet the woman who combined law with top-flight football | Law Gazette https://t.co/ICldLY7oQ6
  • Vodafone becomes first client to join Greener Litigation movement - Legal Futures https://t.co/yroas6MJKj 
  • At least 11 people have been killed in a shooting following a family dispute in the city of Cetinje in #Montenegro. According to officials, a single gunman shot dead three members of the same family before shooting at passers-by https://t.co/C5io7dXxEi 
  • The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee has highlighted the risks faced by cohabitants on relationship breakdown or the death of a partner | NLJ https://t.co/MdBqmOt1MC 
  • Crown court backlog edges up further | Law Gazette https://t.co/TVLkbzLQf4
  • Fresh discussions have begun on the future of SIF, the Solicitors Indemnity Fund, which protects consumers for negligence claims brought more than six years after a firm has closed | NLJ https://t.co/5Q3kOrzhp5
  • Pro bono costs awards in tribunals need more publicity | Law Gazette https://t.co/4wsfqYhJF5
  • SDT strikes off fewer solicitors as case costs increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/vWV2kdGSqq 
  • The family of a man with schizophrenia is taking legal action against the Home Office for allegedly unlawfully deporting him to Jamaica. Eric Hall, who arrived in the UK aged 10, has convictions for theft, drugs and possession of an offensive weapon https://t.co/r5zdq9P5XN
  • Fine for partners over years of multiple accounts rules breaches - Legal Futures https://t.co/fVn9WzPUtW
  • The police registration scheme, which required certain visa holders to register with the police, has been suspended with immediate effect | NLJ https://t.co/fBjUXlvIhj
  • John Kydd joins Gilson Gray in Dundee | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qAT1IcJc3O 
  • Estate planning “agitator” aims to disrupt sector - Legal Futures https://t.co/UYDWlRibZ2 
  • Hourly rates at UK’s richest law firms double | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3RrA9QCq8X 
  • Criminal law solicitor Richard Atkinson has been elected deputy vice president of the Law Society | NLJ https://t.co/jj0VVLNz0Y 
  • Scottish Parliament ‘plainly’ lacks power to hold indyref2 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/6AreIY2LBw 
  • A driver has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of causing the death by careless driving of a baby boy in a pram. Louis Thorold was hit on the pavement of the A10 near Cambridge, on 22 January 2021. His mother Rachael was seriously injured https://t.co/o7rFzSJvTv