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8th August - Law News

Edition 3876: 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: It is 50 years since Uganda's former-dictator Idi Amin expelled thousands of members of the Asian community from the country, after accusing them of disloyalty. They were given just three months to leave, or face being placed in concentration camps. About 27,000 people left their homes for the UK, many of them were British passport holders. Those settling in Leicester, England, have become part of the fabric of the city.
 

Focus of the Day Article: Some 32 law firms including Magic Circle firm Linklaters have signed up to a major new diversity data collection exercise. Full story - New Law Journal
 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Fieldfisher launches training contracts in Belfast - Legal Cheek https://t.co/cMrH2aTszp 
  • ‘A historic wrong’: Government set to announce compensation for victims of contaminated blood scandal https://t.co/Y68Dk4skQq 
  • ByrneWallace names three new senior associates and five new associates | Irish Legal News https://t.co/p0wMxJOwJF
  • Home Office contractor gives children hotel food containing worms: Family accommodated in a Midlands hotel were sick after eating meal provided by Serco https://t.co/tGCJ8r7cn3
  • Birmingham lawyers share their secrets to success - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5Yk1ldAVyT 
  • British farmers face paying for border checkpoints in EU after Brexit halts exports https://t.co/VX6wWK1mDw 
  • The greatest lawyers from medieval and ancient history - Legal Cheek https://t.co/oFcT9W0FZm 
  • Another court case fails to unlock the mystery of bitcoin’s Satoshi Nakamoto https://t.co/k09CtTiYRQ 
  • '£250 goodwill payment' for SQE students affected by exam 'IT issue' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3UE1xIIQXB
  • Mother in law: Roe v Wade - Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England | Law Gazette https://t.co/44AD2mDp3F 
  • Festival-goers at the National Eisteddfod were surprised to see letters from its sign missing on Saturday morning https://t.co/0RayaPAj82 
  • Met denies racism after black man ‘choked’ in illegal stop and search https://t.co/YucLTR9FEv 
  • A London museum says it has agreed to return to Nigeria artefacts looted in the 19th Century from the Kingdom of Benin. The Horniman Museum said ownership of 72 objects would be transferred to the Nigerian government https://t.co/uCLdW5UM48
  • The future is driverless - Legal Cheek https://t.co/c8Oo7LSnVF
  • ‘Unduly lenient’ powers to be reviewed | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZkDCySxCh8 
  • City lawyer in criminal contempt for ‘spontaneous act of colossal stupidity’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7MISUZRPP9 
  • Lady Chief Justice features in latest Legal History Project podcast | Irish Legal News https://t.co/EmOG9UGsyN 
  • NRF boosts NQ lawyer pay by 11% to £105k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/rLogPnENgg 
  • Hourly rates for magic circle partners reach £1,500, analysis finds | Law Gazette https://t.co/7nhpoMbUNF
  • Law Society recommends 4% salary increase for rookie solicitors - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FYsdsKZZ9B 
  • The opportunities awaiting aspiring lawyers in Leeds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vkJ2BvXrIU
  • NI universities pledge not to use NDAs in sexual harassment cases | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ehmc0utmPu 
  • I made a name for myself with ‘sex-positive’ comedy. Then I was raped on a night out. Would my openness be used against me? https://t.co/wREIGhoNCT 
  • Meet all the leading law firms at our first virtual law fair of the new graduate recruitment year! - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9DHuH6gIqI