Edition 3953: 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: It's October so that means many people around the UK will be celebrating Black History Month.
It's a time for people from all backgrounds to enjoy and acknowledge the amazing things black people have achieved.
But why do people celebrate Black History Month and what does it mean?
Black History Month has been marked in the UK for more than 30 years. It takes place during the month of October.
It is held to highlight and celebrate the achievements and contributions of the black community in the UK.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Asylum seekers: Home Office accused of ‘catastrophic child
protection failure’ - over 220 unaccompanied children revealed as
missing from hotels funded by the department https://t.co/NoMrqxL2r8
- A murder investigation has been launched after a 29-year-old man was stabbed to death in Birmingham. Paramedics "battled to save" the victim after he was found injured in Washington Drive, Handsworth Wood https://t.co/lg6OVj1XrL
- Two Liverpool firms enter administration within days of each other | Law Gazette https://t.co/WGJ9gAUYyn
- Birmingham-based sole practitioner Lubna Shuja has taken the reins at the Law Society, making history as the first Asian and first Muslim president | NLJ https://t.co/fjhHCc4I2L
- AML: Spotlight on Corruption is wrong about lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/v7aITCyfGW
- Email invoice is fine: Ruling in Elias v Wallace LLP [2022] EWHC 2574 (SCCO), Senior Costs Judge Gordon-Saker ordered the claimant, the client, to pay the outstanding £27,168 plus more than £15,000 costs of the defendant, the solicitor | NLJ https://t.co/iVCPb2dbuY
- "Bumper year" for big law firms but staff turnover is on the rise - Legal Futures https://t.co/b2SX6RSXeq
- Judge removal policy could be misapplied, Law Society warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/ccGA8JnYLS
- Bakery chain Greggs, the Slug & Lettuce and other household name businesses have won their multi-million COVID-19 business interruption insurance claims at the High Court | NLJ https://t.co/c9spgA1umO
- Thousands of hybrid personal injury court claims in limbo | Law Gazette https://t.co/Li2QSjofBK
- Family lawyers and judges “need menopause training” - Legal Futures https://t.co/416gzfbKAF
- Tweak it but keep it, the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has urged in response to a consultation on costs budgeting | NLJ https://t.co/sTpsiwr5jT
- SDT orders ‘swamped’ solicitor to pay £14,000 for complaints failings | Law Gazette https://t.co/ad3N4gh1wO
- Secretary of state for Wales and former Lord Chancellor Sir Robert Buckland has been named as an honorary CILEX Companion, at the organisation’s annual graduation ceremony last week | NLJ https://t.co/hHvpEw4S7x
- Merger would create £430m transatlantic firm | Law Gazette https://t.co/91dW0WTeGM
- Supreme Court dismisses plea to remove negative statements in Wikipedia article about Ayurveda | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/b8irn3Ti54
- The criminal cases backlog has grown, with outstanding Crown Court cases climbing from 60,351 in July to 61,212 at the end of August, government statistics show | NLJ https://t.co/GalTWEpxtz
- Tribunal clears conveyancer over allegations of AML dishonesty - Legal Futures https://t.co/bdBXCYvSuD
