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10th October - Law News

Edition 3940: 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:  Taoiseach MicheĆ”l Martin, Ireland's prime minister, has said the nation is in mourning after a petrol station explosion killed 10 people. The blast in County Donegal happened in the village of Creeslough on Friday afternoon. The victims - four men, three women, a teenage boy and girl and a younger girl - were from the village or surrounding areas, said GardaĆ­ (Irish police).

Focus of the Day Article: City solicitor Raymond McKeeve has been given a £25,000 fine and ordered to pay £610,000 costs but escaped prison after allegedly telling a client to ‘burn’ evidence. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • More than 1,300 football hooligans with banning orders in England and Wales are being told to hand in their passports to stop them going to the World Cup https://t.co/gREfnN9cBl
  • Matheson: Business leaders feel they need to do more to prepare for cyber incidents | Irish Legal News https://t.co/j2HIIACfbQ 
  • LawTech Talks: How technology helps women lawyers succeed - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/EnoqIC6pQl
  • High Court endorses Abu Dhabi forum for solicitor's divorce | Law Gazette https://t.co/splad5BvhH
  • Anderson Strathern has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) legal services framework for the first time | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WG2yEfraVS
  • Wales to 'declutter' statute book | Law Gazette https://t.co/fQWidhxBYj
  • Allan McDougall Solicitors has announced the promotion of Gordon Milligan to partner | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/NFUwi9G20k
  • Tributes have been paid to the 10 victims of a huge explosion at a petrol station in the Republic of Ireland. The blast happened in the County Donegal village of Creeslough on Friday https://t.co/3H1RJVyg2I
  • #Iran's state-run broadcaster was apparently hacked on air Saturday, with a news bulletin interrupted by a protest against the country's leader. A mask appeared on the screen, followed by an image of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with flames around him https://t.co/yTgYsmp2Am 
  • High Court: Dublin court had jurisdiction in divorce case because solicitor husband acted in superior courts | Irish Legal News https://t.co/VieInEaMTJ 
  • ByrneWallace chief appointed to Ibec national council | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IBUxN4LyGW 
  • Legal Cheek’s October UK Virtual Law Fair is THIS TUESDAY - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6XU77iAPqz
  • Addleshaw Goddard has attracted a new partner to its dispute resolution team in Scotland with the addition of Claire Thornber, who joins from Weightmans Solicitors | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WwHPl9DJT0
  • My life as a crypto disputes lawyer - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8e2nKG8DFI 
  • Full video: The SQE — what we’ve learned so far - Legal Cheek https://t.co/5A5oHDDyfo