Edition 3895: 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: Facing the threat of disqualification from the Indian state assembly of Jharkhand, Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his ally Congress are planning to shift MLAs to resorts - the standard tactic of attempts of poaching and bringing down governments. In 2016 when the ruling party of India, BJP tried to sell off ancient land so adivashi owned historical forrests could be bulldozed into land making factories and roads, Soren as the opposition leader had stood by the side of minority rights.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Second man arrested on suspicion of murdering Liverpool girl Olivia Pratt-Korbel https://t.co/G9Emn8gkYV
- Imran Khan: what do terrorism charges signify for former #Pakistan PM? https://t.co/sbFSq9OCIi
- Sceptical crime lawyers lambast Raab's plan to "extend" higher rights - Legal Futures https://t.co/KkYHJe6nvV
- Rise
in Albanian asylum seekers may be down to criminal gangs - Albanian
gangs controlling UK drugs trade offer minibus trip and Channel crossing
for £4,000 on TikTok https://t.co/039Qm7gOfC
- There is little evidence of bullying, discrimination and harassment on Bar training courses, students have reported as part of Bar Standards Board (BSB) research into equality and diversity (E&D) at the vocational stage of training - Legal Futures https://t.co/iy84iElc5e
- Lawyers who engaged the enemy more closely | Law Gazette https://t.co/6Niq6IgrlN
- ‘It gives me peace’: house legends Larry Heard and Robert Owens on winning their Trax legal battle https://t.co/UdEPOwzJxq
- Lily Sullivan: Murderer Lewis Haines jailed minimum 23 years - Lewis Haines, 31, of Flemish Court, Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, had admitted murdering Lily Sullivan, 18, but claimed it was not sexually motivated https://t.co/OkA4qrkIfi
- Police investigating the fatal shooting of Olivia Platt-Korbel have released an image of the car believed to have taken the intended target to hospital https://t.co/cztJvpCTQk
- Oklahoma man executed after Republican governor denies clemency - James Coddington, 50, convicted of 1997 killing, given lethal injection at state penitentiary after parole plea falls on deaf ears https://t.co/gDNhgxp0Cx
- Holding big corporations to account – lessons from BHP v Mariana - Legal Futures https://t.co/SQz6lW1ZYx
- Ince raises £9.5m to stave off ‘financial difficulties’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/VkRDjKx0kG
- Energy firms refusing to supply small UK businesses over bankruptcy fears - Hospitality sector in particular is finding it hard to renew contracts, with some asked for £10,000 deposit https://t.co/4x460Sb6l8
- Climate
change: #Russia burns off gas as Europe's energy bills rocket -
Scientists are concerned about the large volumes of carbon dioxide and
soot it is creating, which could exacerbate the melting of Arctic ice https://t.co/M0qhxEZvfc
- ‘Orwellian’ government unit accused of blocking FoI requests to be replaced https://t.co/Ube2FpGGwJ
- UN rights chief under ‘tremendous pressure’ over Xinjiang report. Michelle Bachelet says she has faced pressure ‘to publish or not to publish’ report on the human rights situation in #China’s Xinjiang region https://t.co/06NSizRZhf
- #Spain passes ‘only yes means yes’ sexual consent law - Legislation that says consent cannot be assumed by default or silence was drawn up after ‘wolf pack’ case https://t.co/NPfVH4O9Wa
- A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a nine-year-old girl was fatally shot in her own home. Olivia Pratt-Korbel was hit in the chest as her mother struggled with a gunman at the door of their house in Dovecot, Liverpool https://t.co/M01i1FzMms
- 'Historic moment': results day for first candidates to sit SQE2 | Law Gazette https://t.co/zV8E6TmYuO
- The High Court has struck out a “vexatious” and “abusive” fraud claim by a litigant in person, seeking £160,000 in damages from a solicitor over a 17-year-old property dispute - Legal Futures https://t.co/bjGgWivrfN
- Kenyan tribes launch £168bn case against UK in European Court of Human Rights | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/9eV4ggJVbU
- More advocacy rights? Solicitors 'already stretched to breaking point' | Law Gazette https://t.co/oVSIuddsvT
- Biggest conveyancing firms grab market share as 'dabblers' start to exit - Legal Futures https://t.co/HbyxWcaK7r
- Irish lawyer Maree Gallagher appointed president of British Irish Chamber of Commerce | Irish Legal News https://t.co/D3iR4P0VQ7
- Burness Paull staff to receive bonus after firm records £36m profits | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/y1UM509vUy
- An
#Israeli minister wants Netzah Yehuda, a special unit of ultra-Orthodox
Jewish soldiers, to be disbanded after a video posted online showed
them beating two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank https://t.co/Txxh37LUIX
- ‘Only interested in her own career’: Liz Truss fans prove elusive in constituency town - Interview with health secretary interrupted by woman who accuses him of ‘doing nothing’ about ambulance waits https://t.co/6OkApeS8P9
- Royal Mail: 115,000 postal workers walk out on Friday - It is the first of four days of industrial action, with walkouts also taking place on 31 August and 8 and 9 September https://t.co/NuYETNTi13
- Millions prepare for huge rise in energy bills - That annual bill is predicted to soar to more than £3,500, leaving many struggling or unable to pay https://t.co/Y6ix0Dkpte
- Woman confronts Steve Barclay on NHS outside hospital - Interview with health secretary interrupted by woman who accuses him of ‘doing nothing’ about ambulance waits https://t.co/HMV7sQ6idd
