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14th October - Law News

Edition 3944: 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:  US house Committee votes to subpoena Donald Trump as it offers fresh footage of Capitol riot. In its ninth hearing, the panel aired fresh evidence and behind-the-scenes footage, before taking the extraordinary step of voting to hear from Mr Trump. 
 
Focus of the Day Article: A father in a family case who told a district judge to ‘get fucked’ has been found in contempt of court - but spared an immediate prison sentence. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • January 6 panel votes to issue subpoena for Donald Trump testimony #US https://t.co/UcyIGJ2xN
  • Society backs City fund for social welfare lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/ciwF5nVuq
  • Afghanistan, South Korea, Venezuela Lose Bids for UN Rights Body https://t.co/QnF0MwSYwM
  • Mental health: The impact of SRA investigations | Law Gazette https://t.co/PWZNZTjXSy
  • Libya: UN human rights report details violations of migrants’ rights amid ‘assisted return’ programmes | OHCHR https://t.co/V8XIwuErC
  • LCJ 'remains concerned' about judicial recruitment | Law Gazette https://t.co/cykaVvMQVI
  • £1.8m funding boost for platform that helps solicitors go freelance - Legal Futures https://t.co/S2nFgOp5BL
  • Trainee retention rate slips at Eversheds | Law Gazette https://t.co/M5b47kl6R
  • "Remember India is a secular country": Kerala High Court slams registrars for refusing to register inter-faith marriage | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/JSn80HfcL
  • Neath MP Christina Rees has been suspended from Labour following reported allegations of bullying. The politician, who has represented the constituency since 2015, has lost the party whip pending an investigation https://t.co/dzsHa4uO6f
  • This is not a drill – it really is time to embrace the transparency rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/VfM28MRp0T
  • A father in a family case who told a district judge to ‘get fucked’ has been found in contempt of court - but spared an immediate prison sentence | Law Gazette https://t.co/8yK0sVpTx2
  • The government has extended two deadlines for the removal of Huawei equipment from the UK's 5G networks. The requirement to remove the Chinese company's products from the network core has been pushed back 11 months, to 31 December 2023 https://t.co/j8UwHtT6GI
  • Scottish ministers are being forced to change the law on tuition fees for hundreds of students from migrant families after a landmark court case https://t.co/0V9MHbHjte
  • Only UK parliament can approve a Scottish independence poll, court told https://t.co/8WwUDnbJBM
  • Grand National fraudster struck off as a solicitor - Legal Futures https://t.co/8uyHHgiUMe
  • Lawyers held as Iran unrest escalates | Law Gazette https://t.co/tY0G7pQkD
  • The mistreatment of patients at Edenfield Centre, a mental health hospital, does warrant a public inquiry, a health minister has said https://t.co/LGwQfv4JXQ
  • ‘I love you, and there’s nothing you can do about it’: will jail silence Jeremy Vine’s stalker? https://t.co/ZaGIPTjhMd 
  • Time for government to mandate reform of home-buying process - Legal Futures https://t.co/xQEqlQ1SOE 
  • Inside the new Met police unit investigating officer abuse claims https://t.co/ks1lLlg5nX 
  • Turks and Caicos head said to question UK’s alleged failure to keep residents safe - Diplomatic row breaks out over UK’s alleged delay in helping combat murders and drugs trading https://t.co/lVsJSOMo2v
  • UK pensioner accused of wife’s murder in Cyprus seeks manslaughter charge https://t.co/ee8THXBRnT 
  • Liz Truss on collision course with Jacob Rees-Mogg over solar power ban - PM wants to prevent panels on 58% of farmland but business secretary says renewables need to be boosted https://t.co/1Apowm0dru
  • Office manager barred for selling City firm’s property on eBay | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZLqpeAI7ga 
  • First two OIC mixed injuries cases head to Court of Appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/RBjbXADm9s
  • Leah Croucher: The quiet teenager who vanished on her way to work https://t.co/OyaCB2jkoY