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27th September - Law News

Edition 3927: 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:  Iran's President has warned protesters they will be dealt with 'decisively' following a week of anti-government demonstrations across the country. 35 activists urging gender equality have been killed by the security apparatus of the government 

Focus of the Day Article: Victims’ commissioner quits, launching scathing attack on government. In letter to justice secretary, Dame Vera Baird says ‘criminal justice system is in chaos’ and victims’ interests not a priority. Full story - Guardian Law
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The peer who organised the Queen's funeral has been banned from driving for six months, despite claiming he needed his licence to arrange the King's upcoming coronation https://t.co/J1n8sjlX9t
  • Different cultures, different projects: Life on international secondment with a Magic Circle law firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/K5MYiUxVAO
  • Addleshaws selects new City HQ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/eNAStJfbwS
  • Two teenage boys have appeared in court charged with the murder of Khayri Mclean, who was stabbed outside his school in Huddersfield. Khayri, 15, was attacked near the entrance to North Huddersfield Trust School https://t.co/5BognnAR2u 
  • Supreme Court to be included in National Judicial Data Grid, e-courts app; all judgments to be freely available | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/0iv3twUAir
  • US trio boost junior City lawyer pay - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VczDOzdfQa 
  • A former looked-after child can bring a human rights claim against council authorities for failing to remove him from the care of his mother soon enough, the Court of Appeal has agreed | NLJ https://t.co/mUFudTzPKE
  • Hate speech on TV channels not dealt with firmly: Supreme Court https://t.co/CZFcPuleyJ 
  • Life as an international lawyer in Hong Kong - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HhG7HBKbbH 
  • Squire Patton Boggs adds private equity team from Lamy Lexel in Paris - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1DuePWhges
  • Sidley keeps 10 out of 12 London NQs - Legal Cheek https://t.co/z4q4zlESVQ
  • Glasgow leapfrogs Oxford in latest law school rankings - Legal Cheek https://t.co/szlG9dPUvc 
  • Tughans welcomes six new trainee solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/N83eFKyF4n
  • Eyewitness accounts take precedence where expert testimony is unable to ‘unlock’ a case, the Court of Appeal has held | NLJ https://t.co/uTGlSfIE2g
  • MKB Law welcomes three new trainee solicitors | Irish Legal News https://t.co/65xnOD3g7b
  • Allowing Hijab may help expose other students to diversity, be culturally sensitive: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/R0ZN6xoetY
  • J.D. Scanlon & Co welcomes new solicitor Hilary Cahalan | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zqLj6IDJ0j 
  • Police have dropped an investigation into an online threat to JK Rowling, over her support for Salman Rushdie after he was attacked on stage https://t.co/DWTFuxk130
  • Calcutta High Court takes note of surge pricing, ride cancellations; refuses Uber's plea for stay on guidelines regulating cab aggregators | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/nNtlW3nhwg
  • Dillon Eustace hires Conal Keane to lead Cayman Islands litigation and insolvency practice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/JnphUfmS29
  • Former Supreme Court judge Justice KT Thomas nominated as trustee of PM Cares Fund | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/1AsjTDh3CB
  • Celebrate 100 years of women at the bar at the UK Supreme Court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/1pZQ0dbiYu
  • Celebrate 100 years of women at the bar at the UK Supreme Court | Irish Legal News https://t.co/1pZQ0dsUn4
  • A British man released by #Russia has said he was "treated worse than a dog" and kept in solitary confinement for five months https://t.co/nWD4mGutw3
  • Clare Daly: Independent complaints mechanism a welcome advance for online safety | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DkTDlUcII2
  • Has general category pool shrunk due to EWS quota? Supreme Court asks [Day 5] | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/vrT9aYTXq
  • Lord Advocate pledges robust prosecution for crimes of domestic abuse | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cf2JdUKY1q
  • The Weekly Round-up: Elizabeth II's state funeral, section 28 roll-out, and facial recognition technology - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/QKCq5c7ok
  • Steven Walker KC admitted to Thailand Arbitration Center Panel of Arbitrators | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/jqOBtXzLV
  • A judicial review challenge brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to refusals to extend the custody time limits of defendants in two separate cases has hit obstacles due to administrative delays | NLJ https://t.co/U0xVhfdh9Z
  • Police have charged a further five men in relation to disorder in Leicester. They were all arrested in the days and weeks before 17 September, when major disorder broke out involving hundreds of people https://t.co/STQa9Q36F8