Edition 3958: 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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Focus of the Day Article: New legislation strengthening consumer rights online and offline has been passed by the Oireachtas. The Consumer Rights Bill 2022 cleared the Seanad yesterday and will now be sent to President Michael D. Higgins to be signed into law. Full story - Irish Legal News
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Many of us use technology to access everyday services – from online banking to grocery shopping, buying insurance to ordering a taxi. Why should it be any different when it comes to the law?
Read SRA's guide to find out how using technology to access legal services could provide you with more control, choice and affordable options.”
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Labour has ordered MP Nadia Whittome to delete a tweet saying Rishi Sunak becoming prime minister "isn't a win for Asian representation" https://t.co/cv79ByC6GN
- Government seeks new LawtechUK contractor | Law Gazette https://t.co/M5p33AKRSE
- A woman has been found guilty of murdering and decapitating her friend in order to inherit her estate. Jemma Mitchell, 38, killed Mee Kuen Chong, 67, in north-west London in June 2021 https://t.co/pJ1cvqyV3w
- Calls grow for resignation as two more Conservative MPs have questioned the re-appointment of Suella Braverman as home secretary, just days after she quit over data breaches https://t.co/J1LskTnuuI
- Ireland’s biggest ALSP heads to London after £9m funding boost - Legal Futures https://t.co/9NMvcq9hTc
- Private equity-backed business snaps up Farleys | Law Gazette https://t.co/veTJWRm3sX
- Asylum seekers: UK spending almost £7m a day on hotels - The figure is more than £2m higher than the government said it was spending in February and includes £1.2m to house Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban https://t.co/vBOG2udGk1
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senior #US investigator says it is still easy to find child abuse
images that have originated on OnlyFans. The online platform told the
BBC it had acted to tackle illegal content and it was impossible for
them to verify claims without evidence https://t.co/JFgeGH88WF
- Children with Afro-textured hair should not be prevented from wearing natural hairstyles at school, new guidance from Britain's human-rights watchdog says https://t.co/r6Dva8lgiY
- People's inability to afford essential hygiene products is leaving many too ashamed to go to work. A report suggests 3.2 million UK adults are affected by so-called hygiene poverty - with 12% saying they have avoided facing colleagues as a result https://t.co/oWlEnwmJha
- PE firm makes second big acquisition in bid to build national practice - Legal Futures https://t.co/bQxIj7dOLP
- #Iranian police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab "improperly" https://t.co/MDkGwdTUcK
- Rochdale grooming gang members to be deported to Pakistan https://t.co/mhEt66XPP1
- A former subpostmaster convicted in connection with the Post Office Horizon scandal has become the first in Northern Ireland to have his conviction quashed | Irish Legal News https://t.co/QbRlW0obLP
- Our Legal Heritage: 100 years since the 1922 Irish Free State Constitution | Irish Legal News https://t.co/9EnCFl6CdE
- A woman who tipped faeces over a memorial of Sir Captain Tom Moore has been given a suspended jail sentence. Madeleine Budd targeted the sculpture of the World War Two veteran and NHS fundraiser as part of a climate protest in Derbyshire on 30 September https://t.co/1pbhDED1v
- Raab's return fuels legal aid funding fears | Law Gazette https://t.co/BYd7gYJnNl
- UK government’s Troubles bill ‘unlikely’ to comply with ECHR | Irish Legal News https://t.co/BAJqdVL2wa
