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29th September - Law News

Edition 3929: 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:  On Tuesday 30 August 2022, a special ceremony was held for the swearing-in of Lord Lloyd-Jones as a Justice of the UK Supreme Court. This followed the announcement of Lord Lloyd-Jones’ reappointment as a Justice of the Supreme Court in August 2022.

Focus of the Day Article: Almost 90% of the self-employed barristers on government legal panels are white, a report by the Bar Council has found, urging the government to take action. Full story - Legal Futures
 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Treasury minister has rejected calls for the government to abandon last week's mini-Budget in the face of market turmoil and economic catastrophe https://t.co/DYzgx02mqo 
  • Mohammed bin Salman named prime minister ahead of Khashoggi lawsuit #Saudi Arabia https://t.co/Q75iByMzDt
  • Profits up 5% at Burges Salmon | Law Gazette https://t.co/25JicnmwcX
  • 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 
  • Humiliated, abused and isolated for weeks - patients were put at risk due to a "toxic culture" at one of the UK's biggest mental health hospitals, Edenfield Centre https://t.co/pfEIg22JKn 
  • Police officer Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith was accused of striking footballer Dalian Atkinson with her baton when he posed no threat in August 2016, but claimed she was "very frightened", she now walks free https://t.co/OGPkeocZKC
  • People are being asked only to travel by train if necessary on Saturday as services will be significantly disrupted by rail strikes https://t.co/bL6mIs3NNa
  • People are being asked only to travel by train if necessary on Saturday as services will be significantly disrupted by rail strikes https://t.co/bL6mIs3NNa 
  • Humiliated, abused and isolated for weeks - patients were put at risk due to a "toxic culture" at one of the UK's biggest mental health hospitals, Edenfield Centre https://t.co/pfEIg22JKn 
  • Colombian music star Shakira will stand trial in a Spanish court for allegations of tax fraud amounting to €14.5m (£12.9m). A Barcelona court has ordered the singer to stand trial for six alleged tax crimes, although a date has not yet been set https://t.co/NNEcp3KTAU 
  • Bar attacks 'disproportionately white' government panels | Law Gazette https://t.co/WrbWBO9Tbw
  • The Ministry of Defence and the Home Office are among seven organisations that have failed to respond to personal information requests https://t.co/ujMVbmxkgG
  • Barred former trainee allowed back by SRA after 15 months | Law Gazette https://t.co/9LT2px2Kmy
  • Peter Dutton’s defamation case against refugee activist Shane Bazzi ends with resolution #Australia https://t.co/0qYhVXzI50 
  • A man has lost his licence after drink-driving a child to a hospital, fearing an ambulance would not arrive in time. Liam Goodall-Keen from Gayton on Merseyside, drove his four-year-old godson to Glan Clwyd Hospital, in Denbighshire, while over the limit https://t.co/r91nYfBhxd 
  • Sussex police has been criticised by the home secretary for "policing pronouns" after it said it would not tolerate hateful comments about a child sex offender's gender identity. Suella Braverman intervened after a row erupted about jailed Sally Ann Dixon https://t.co/6UGYO2xNfS
  • Society ‘extremely concerned’ at proposals for unlimited SRA fines | Law Gazette https://t.co/mQpRW8FmQ
  • Top human rights barrister Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, has highlighted Chinese cyber-attacks on her and others - Legal Futures https://t.co/p69VhlH5GG 
  • Pre-recorded evidence rolled out in courts in England and Wales https://t.co/nfkdzZyrRK
  • The Guardian view on pursuing crimes against humanity: a laborious yet urgent challenge https://t.co/G3j24Rf7tF
  • Truss completes line-up of MoJ ministers, including ex-crime solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/7BQY0fBpPb