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30th October - Law News

Edition 3960: 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:  " Around 50 wounded at a South Korea crowd stampede. Casualties were reported in a crowd stampede at a Halloween celebration in Seoul. 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Fines for 16 road safety offences have doubled | Irish Legal News https://t.co/B5po7AlYN
  • Maurice Hastings, #US man in prison for 38 years freed by new DNA evidence https://t.co/r08hxkV7M
  • Blackadders appoints Leanne Gordon as director | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wE50zsJ3B
  • Ministers have published secondary legislation widening access to legal aid for victims of domestic abuse | NLJ https://t.co/SWfm1hOnrw 
  • TLT’s Stephen McGowan re-accredited as liquor licensing law specialist | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/8MbTUiIuHo
  • Consumer rights strengthened by new bill | Irish Legal News https://t.co/7wN3uj1oB3
  • Failure to report should be made a criminal offence and the time bar removed for victims bringing civil claims, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), led by Professor Alexis Jay, has recommended in its concluding report | NLJ https://t.co/cItcevUero 
  • Scottish Child Law Centre launches new specialist clinic in Glasgow | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TlkiUVLVKk 
  • A disinherited son has won his right to the family farm in a landmark Supreme Court judgment | NLJ https://t.co/mX2PPvC8gO 
  • An intruder who attacked the husband of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was searching for the Democratic politician, reports say.nPaul Pelosi, 82, was taken to hospital after a break-in at their California home on Friday morning #US https://t.co/IEyhmv8ffq
  • Black judges will be under-represented in judiciary until 2149, says Law Society https://t.co/xRroLV0ypR
  • The Court of Appeal has highlighted the role of common sense in contractual construction, in a dispute over liability for legal fees| NLJ https://t.co/xMA95r2V7q
  • Reappointed home secretary Suella Braverman was "amazed" and "in denial" over being forced to resign for breaching the ministerial code, according to sources https://t.co/6sZFYyLv7e
  • SYLA: Spotlight on… neurodiversity and emotional intelligence | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/319faSRW4d
  • Dominic Raab has reprised his roles as Lord Chancellor and deputy prime minister in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet, replacing Brandon Lewis, while Victoria Prentis has been made Attorney General | NLJ https://t.co/Dnk1gmDoHX
  • Opulus Financial appoints Lorna Jack as chair | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QXWJQO4Sl0
  • This is the moment a driver wrecked a police car by reversing into it twice. Unlicensed Dino Price, of Wentloog Road in Rumney, Cardiff, admitted dangerous driving, affray and driving without a licence or insurance in Oak Street, Ebbw Vale, on 30 August https://t.co/2rYF6MN9HI
  • Vos signals end of court challenges to deductions from PI damages - Legal Futures https://t.co/7xjTuoTn0
  • Harvey Weinstein trial: witness breaks down as defense digs into lack of proof #US https://t.co/SjB158UI2
  • Legal burnout: what firms can do to help | Law Gazette https://t.co/3lvBHzNkuV
  • UK police use of live facial recognition unlawful and unethical, report finds https://t.co/RhA4trqbHU
  • High Court denies rights of audience to disbarred barrister - Legal Futures https://t.co/XxKnLPIkE6 
  • Digital portal to be compulsory for financial remedy services | Law Gazette https://t.co/zu231HZJX6
  • Jemma Mitchell will serve at least 34 years for killing 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong at her London home in June 2021 https://t.co/OJVI1MEyoh 
  • BSB urged to act on "online misogyny" aimed at female barristers - Legal Futures https://t.co/ZUFkVtUvxP
  • High Court refuses to grant disbarred barrister rights of audience | Law Gazette https://t.co/CSYmJGjUDj
  • Independent barristers’ review “contributed to Post Office cover-up” - Legal Futures https://t.co/cW4p5btIE3
  • A self-styled healer will become the first murderer to be sentenced on television after being found guilty of murdering her friend, whose headless body was dumped in Devon. Jemma Mitchell, 38, faces life behind bars for killing Mee Kuen Chong, 67 https://t.co/kdPtuHEqLs Oct 28, 2022
  • 120-year wait for judiciary to be fully representative - Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/IpfR1WjTwd
  • Belsner: Lawyers win in crucial costs recovery ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/wSZeLn08ti 
  • Doubts arise over Braverman’s claim to have come forward about code breach - Former intelligence select committee chief warns issue threatens to undermine confidence in sharing sensitive information https://t.co/FzmvjFdfoE
  • 2149: The year the judiciary will be “fully representative” - Legal Futures https://t.co/zA3hSk5aJE 
  • Sunak may deprioritise Rees-Mogg Brexit bill to switch off 2,400 EU laws - Prime minister is told hundreds of staff needed to review legislation https://t.co/g32YPrCXyz