Edition 3942: 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: Financial penalties from SRA - Learn more about SRA's ongoing consultation - and put your questions to our panel - on the detail of proposed reforms to our approach to issuing financial penalties for law firms and solicitors.
Focus of the Day Article: Former Liberian rebel charged with war crimes awaits Paris trial. Kunti Kamara charged with torture, cannibalism and complicity in crimes against humanity during civil war between 1989 and 1996. Full story - Guardian Law
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Tech firms say laws to protect us from bad AI will limit ‘innovation’. Well, good https://t.co/8nCWNVwHl
- Putin’s war is illegal – and #Russians fleeing the draft may have the right to asylum https://t.co/A6HVeKTshV
- The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been charged in #Germany with unrelated sexual offences https://t.co/uTlcOvj4RY
- Call for urgent victim rights review after sexsomnia rape case https://t.co/h3XSdvTulJ
- Sanctions: The Prospect of Prosecutions – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/YoCBH94jQg
- Our objections to assisted dying are based on evidence, not religion https://t.co/UvBQMuagsV
- The UK's highest court has been urged to resolve the "festering" issue of whether Holyrood can set up a Scottish independence referendum without the agreement of Westminster https://t.co/J0Slnx3dFC
- Black History Month to me is about reflecting on the past, present and the future of Black People in the UK and beyond – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/NyFi7usG4F
- Long-promised plans to stop landlords in England evicting tenants without giving a reason could be scrapped
https://t.co/JhLKRKaVbW
- Former
pupils win £500,000 over abuse claims at Scottish boarding school:
Insurer makes out-of-court settlement for alleged attacks by teachers in
the 1990s https://t.co/WZKzTC0RKS
- [Section 125 CrPC] Able-bodied husband duty-bound to maintain wife, child even by doing physical labour: Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/JfVNJNL9GA
- Challenge to government’s lateral flow test contracts rejected by high court https://t.co/k0XqI5cdnw
- State cannot say it won't pay compensation after acquiring private person's land for public work: Gujarat High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/FGwuyosGbB
- BSB publishes Religion and Belief Toolkit – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/CgyySuxGJV
- Taylor Wessing launches TC programme in Cambridge - Legal Cheek https://t.co/H5biZzH5Ut
- Minimum pupillage award from 1 January 2022 announced – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/EBrtB1OKNX
- The future of surrogacy is in the balance. We should be wary of relaxing the rules https://t.co/1SuWRI00rc
- Bar Council engages Government on legal panels diversity – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/6c6pPXbLgL
- Voss report is unsatisfyingly hollow and narrow | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y7ly7R1KZB
- First witness in Kevin Spacey’s New York trial testifies actor grabbed him: Andrew Holtzman claimed Spacey made sexual advances toward him when working at the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1981 #US https://t.co/ZVQJKmLLNq
- Violent and sexual crimes are among 60 cases wrongfully dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the past year, the BBC has found https://t.co/h3XSdvTulJ
- Economic Crime Bill may confuse the role of lawyers, says Bar Council – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/DPhxp4KXd2
- ‘Force to be reckoned with’: Ketanji Brown Jackson shines in first week: The newest supreme court justice has wasted no time in making her presence felt, earning praise from court observers #US https://t.co/iI7vlqtTZN
- The
Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published its latest annual report
and cost transparency metrics. This report covers our activities between
April 2021 and March 2022 – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/tszADANt9Q
- BSB appoints new lay Board member Gisela Abbam FRSA MBA – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/03ym7VdCSK
- Former #Liberian rebel charged with war crimes awaits Paris trial: Kunti Kamara charged with torture, cannibalism and complicity in crimes against humanity during civil war between 1989 and 1996 https://t.co/OdpwKdIAQW
- BSB launches digital comparison tool pilot – The Barrister Magazine https://t.co/Iyg2md6IAP
- UK law firms banned from doing transactional work for Russian clients - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sqVgY2FX1Z
- Best of the blogs - 8 October 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/8urNY4bw73
- Crackdowns, lawsuits and intimidation: the threat to freedom of expression from the ruling government in #India https://t.co/WxOMDRcmKo
- Not so fantastic case for reining in judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/VNiz8mzc2f
- Young defendants lack trust in lawyers, Fair Trials reports | Law Gazette https://t.co/eRKdodVR4M
- Grand National and fireworks fraudster agrees strike-off | Law Gazette https://t.co/epvYoT9cjS
- Claim worth £3,000 moved after costs rose towards £50,000 | Law Gazette https://t.co/6J4eivfhgF
- News focus: Justice on the fringes at the Conservative conference | Law Gazette https://t.co/NLJeTEB3rE
- New 'failure to prevent' offences on the way, former LC predicts | Law Gazette https://t.co/1JHmVZjc32
- Dispute not over: Law Society issues fresh warning on 'fair deal' for solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/7dMzrWrr3B
- TLT picks BPP to put trainees through the SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FlDz5Pkd2V
- The UK has imposed sanctions on Iran's morality police and other top security figures, in response to the country's violent crackdown on protesters https://t.co/32Y7kC530x
- The public inquiry into the IT failings that led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of Post Office branch managers starts hearing evidence from other key witnesses this week https://t.co/xzQArG41Ki
- Kerala
High Court initiates contempt case against film maker Baiju
Kottarakkara for remarks against trial judge in actress assault case |
Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ycCigh7oy6
- Diversity and inclusion efforts count towards billable hours, Linklaters tells lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Ocjl2CpFOP
- SRA accuses Khan of 'procedural game-playing' | Law Gazette https://t.co/38d8BA3BFO
- Old Firm: The match verdict on philosophical belief - Legal Cheek https://t.co/EVqzrF42u8
- UK
plastic surgeons have released new guidelines to try to make Brazilian
Butt Lift (BBL) procedures safer for vulnerable people who desire a
bigger bottom
https://t.co/2wx3sYQwg4
- Ban for ex-Skadden secretary who used firm’s air miles to book 80 flights - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YmSyyvbFr5
- Is there a drinking culture at legal events? | Law Gazette https://t.co/g8Y2WtBlyq
- Allegation of rape on false promise to marry won't stand if woman continued relationship after knowing of man's marriage: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/ndmoxMXHob
- Harvey Weinstein will go on trial on Monday in a Los Angeles court, where he is facing 11 further charges of abuse #US https://t.co/Ti5QvMG65X
- Ex-Jones Day partner fined £25k over ‘burn it’ order - Legal Cheek https://t.co/lGnjmxcBXG
- [Juvenile
Justice Act] Extracting confession from child during preliminary
assessment unconstitutional: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/qOKSUzQUN1
- Criminal
barristers in England and Wales have voted to end their long-running
strike action after the government offered a new pay deal
https://t.co/HHK0vTCBhs
- ‘Troubling difference’ in SQE pass rates between white and black candidates - Legal Cheek https://t.co/viDVz7TRga
- Barnstaple duty scheme to be covered by remaining legal aid provider | Law Gazette https://t.co/dQsn7GJWuh
- City firms pledge to broaden pro bono culture | Law Gazette https://t.co/jvXrgsUN25
- Court of Appeal hears second fee claw-back challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/vOLtwrgdij
- Imposter syndrome hits lawyers hardest, survey finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/y5692AqT3m
- Khan loses bid for fresh tribunal hearing | Law Gazette https://t.co/kSxIuCwgGX
- Pay, stress and poor work-life balance among top reasons why lawyers are quitting - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tQ0SvrFS9c
- Beijing
and Taipei have spoken out after Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said
#Taiwan should become a special administrative zone of China https://t.co/6htGjB1g6i
- Security services in Bahrain supported by the UK have been accused of "serious and persistent" human rights abuses. A Human Rights Watch report alleges people have been tortured at Bahrain's interior ministry https://t.co/XWBEGaPuIl
