Edition 3961: 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: Solicitors are breathing a sigh of relief following the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Belsner v CAM Legal Services [2022] EWCA Civ 1387. The case challenged the costs recovery system used by many personal injury firms, and concerned deductions from damages recovered on behalf of a client, Darya Belsner, in a motorbike crash claim funded on a conditional fee agreement basis. Full story - New Law Journal
Today's Highlighted Video Story: A British grandmother has said she is still in shock after being subjected to an invasive medical examination by Qatari officials on the tarmac of Doha’s Hamad International Airport in October 2020.
The authorities were looking for the mother of a newborn baby which had been found in a plastic bag in a rubbish bin in the departures lounge.
The grandmother said that what happened to her and many other women that night felt like an assault and a violation for which they have received no apology" Around 50 wounded at a South Korea crowd stampede. Casualties were
reported in a crowd stampede at a Halloween celebration in Seoul.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Construction has begun on the City of London law courts, which will focus on high-level fraud, cyber and economic crime | NLJ https://t.co/YIQx2dF6VN
- Nancy Pelosi has said she is "heartbroken and traumatised" by the violent attack on her husband #US https://t.co/WHFZPJN9MU
- The
Met has urged energy wasteful motorists with little climate concern,
not to "directly intervene" with Just Stop Oil demonstrators
https://t.co/xdwKiy1OX8
- Flammable devices have been thrown at a Border Force migrant processing centre in Dover, Kent. A man drove up to the centre and threw three petrol bombs, before killing himself https://t.co/HX0ynXHs6e
- At least 68 people have died after a pedestrian bridge collapsed in #India's western state of Gujarat raising further questions about shoddy engineering and construction https://t.co/1NrQJmMtYS
- #SouthKorea: How the Halloween tragedy unfolded
https://t.co/jVV0magXgC
- Jones Day elevates 45 to partner in latest US-dominated promotions round - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KLBlPXL8Jh
- Mortier v. Belgium: A Landmark Decision on Euthanasia in the Case of Mental Illness - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/v8iU5mlgVz
- ‘We need to push’: hair discrimination fight moves to UK workplaces https://t.co/6F5mLel1mM
- How I came to negotiate multi-million-pound deals - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mYpwmlHbNN
- Vegan activist takes Switzerland to human rights court over prison diet https://t.co/49EqsUNVlE
- Akin Gump targets Boston launch with twin partner hire from local firm - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/heTQdi788N
- 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/g32YPrlm9Z
- Allen & Overy boosts Italian litigation practice with partner hire from Delfino Willkie - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/UuCbmakJLI
- Judiciary won't be 'fully representative' of society until 2149 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/elxms4Wk4P
- Perkins Coie hires former DOJ lawyer to boost Washington commercial litigation practice - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zxnfAGobfH
- An email sent from home secretary Suella Braverman's personal account on the day she had to resign over a security breach could throw fresh doubt over her claims about the speed with which she took action https://t.co/R6krYrHDLF
- Ditch cameras on night-time video calls and no need to check emails more than twice a day at weekends, Slaughters tells lawyers in wellbeing push - Legal Cheek https://t.co/irTXBGW7nY
- Braverman’s secret meetings with ‘anti-woke’ MP flagged by officials before she quit: Civil servants say there was ‘significant disquiet’ over home secretary Suella Braverman’s dealings with Tory rightwinger John Hayes https://t.co/nZGXDGn8kx
- Angry drivers remove Just Stop Oil protesters from London roads https://t.co/DnMHTLYozx
- 'I'm not enjoying my law degree. Will I enjoy being a lawyer?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gNhSbmO1Db
- The Law Commission is to review legal uncertainties around digital assets, cryptocurrencies and electronic trade documents | NLJ https://t.co/OmGKEY8HAH
- UK police use of live facial recognition unlawful and unethical, report finds https://t.co/TZQOX2lpBR
- Applications are open for The Legal Cheek November UK Virtual Law Fair 2022 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8Zkf4ETu0E
- Máille Brady Bates joins Meta as lead counsel for labour and employment | Irish Legal News https://t.co/hAVvLSPSNS
- New report reveals 34% pay gap between male and female barristers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jUielHmPeD
