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25th August - Law News

Edition 3893: 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: About 300 home owners have been left with unfinished houses after a Queensland residential construction company collapsed, owing about $14 million

Focus of the Day Article: Lord chancellor Dominic Raab has rejected criticisms of the proposed Bill of Rights from seven United Nations human rights experts, saying they are based on a 'flawed understanding'. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Breaking the taboo: more firms need to talk about fertility | Law Gazette https://t.co/xFl88NMImx 
  • Classified records: 700 pages retrieved at Trump home in January #US https://t.co/UsAVbG0Mys 
  • Solicitors 'cannot strike but they'll continue to quit' over legal aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/2u2Mu3BOLf 
  • Your ultimate guide to the UK’s International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) https://t.co/2liJayALhb 
  • Best of the blogs - 13 August 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/0XoId8YUeo
  • Firm goes for partnership model for first time in its history | Law Gazette https://t.co/g3EkbE5Q1p 
  • SRA plans huge increase in fines for misconduct by wealthy solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/ckzUAhe5MH 
  • A new police officer is at risk of dismissal after a disciplinary panel found she had urinated in a clothes shop fitting room while drunk off-duty. PC Amelia Shearer of Cleveland Police wept after being found guilty https://t.co/sPk48rZ8Mx 
  • Justice should be colour blind. So why is it served for Ukraine but not the Congolese? #DRC Guardian https://t.co/4c0upsYM5z
  • Raab rejects ‘flawed’ UN criticism of Bill of Rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/xIPeRsxOBT 
  • Barrister’s witness statement transcription tool trained in legal English - Legal Futures https://t.co/6ubZCiSQta 
  • A man who was targeted by a gunman in a shooting which left a young girl dead has been arrested and will be questioned over the killing. Nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot as her mother struggled with two me https://t.co/EJwvpeNLIS 
  • Former #US police officer pleads guilty to Breonna Taylor cover-up https://t.co/WKERNOrRWb 
  • Stewarts’ partner profits almost double to £2.74m | Law Gazette https://t.co/LJZMHs4676 
  • Solicitor rebuked for offering invalid document certification services - Legal Futures https://t.co/jORnul57lY 
  • Attack on bar strike is a smokescreen for energy crisis, says Labour | Law Gazette https://t.co/khcRgKF98F 
  • Criminal bar 'holding justice to ransom' - lord chancellor | Law Gazette https://t.co/Ti3HDOpCMy
  • Scott Morrison’s secret ministries ‘fundamentally undermined’ responsible government, advice shows #Australia https://t.co/j10yIjZsMm 
  • City firm sees off £1.3m negligence claim form | Law Gazette https://t.co/SkKW9BIr8O 
  • Multi-billion-pound class actions target video games and cryptocurrency - Legal Futures https://t.co/MYERvJAkYc
  • Mother in law: How the pandemic changed us | Law Gazette https://t.co/itmtL721ub