Saturday

8th October - Law News

Edition 3938: 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:  Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has highlighted South Indian teachers concerned by the issue of the Kannada language and culture being "under attack". He said that "our education system is under systematic attack from adverse ideological forces & that attack has reached now our curriculum."

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Jeremy Clarkson told to shut his farm’s restaurant and cafe - West Oxfordshire council says setup at Diddly Squat farm is ‘visually intrusive and harmful’ https://t.co/BCDf4tSNw
  • Solicitors took ‘unfair advantage’ of client by deducting costs, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/7hfJxQPZGD
  • UN vote to ignore human rights abuses in #China leaves west in dead end https://t.co/YsABxqFjsE
  • Number of lawyers at fee-share firms up by 45% in three years - Legal Futures https://t.co/TBjG64HbHA 
  • ‘House of brands’ consolidator merges with firm and subsumes its brand | Law Gazette https://t.co/D3GlYYTqnf 
  • Stephen Lawrence case: Jamie Acourt to be freed in November - he has served half of a nine-year sentence, after spending more than two years on the run in Spain https://t.co/K2RUOcv9L9 
  • Rise of plea-bargaining coerces young defendants into guilty pleas, says report https://t.co/IIZNgZRVrR
  • Trade minister Conor Burns has been sacked from the government after a complaint of serious misconduct. He has also had the Tory whip removed while allegations of inappropriate behaviour during the party conference are investigated https://t.co/x3QdSggCja 
  • Why your firm should improve its source of funds and wealth processes - Legal Futures https://t.co/9YZmX8qu8k 
  • Directors owe sliding scale of duties to creditors, SC rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/5hl3kfeasX 
  • The mother of a teenage girl who died during protests in Iran has accused authorities of murdering her daughter. Farda, Nasrin Shakarami said she had seen injuries on her daughter's body which contradict an official statement https://t.co/wv4CLU5ykV
  • Regulator consults on indemnity scheme | Law Gazette https://t.co/COp67u3Tpt 
  • A search for the last victim of the Moors murderers has been completed with no evidence of human remains being found, police have said https://t.co/C4YUJE1HI3 
  • Law firm’s “courageous conversations” help staff discuss taboo issues - Legal Futures https://t.co/SEeuUrJb36 
  • Divorce applications reach decade high | Law Gazette https://t.co/0ircwpxWGV 
  • Balancing profit with purpose: Brabners becomes largest law firm B Corp - Legal Futures https://t.co/xfoH9LNXDF
  • Serial cyberstalker Matthew Hardy has jail term cut https://t.co/JMapJNdH6n
  • SQE pass rates reveal continuing racial divide | Law Gazette https://t.co/5Grc0RDWBH
  • SRA allows struck-off solicitor to join firm after opposing return to roll - Legal Futures https://t.co/r1am2SXJ9T
  • Refugees arriving in UK on boats asked to find own accommodation https://t.co/L86L1gQ9Cy 
  • UK drivers for Bolt ride-hailing app pursue worker benefits claim https://t.co/yiNrYlRM6O
  • 'Bubble' economy: Corporate lawyers warned of sharp slowdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/I7qGuyqGUD 
  • Afghan family in hiding wins waiver on biometric tests for UK visas https://t.co/B01jyd9kdA
  • Author JK Rowling has supported a protest rally by wearing a T-shirt calling Scotland's first minister a "destroyer of women's rights". The author tweeted a picture of herself as demonstrators gathered outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh https://t.co/KscJiWrNJH
  • UK defies climate warnings with new oil and gas licences https://t.co/4ByoNQFwQf
  • President Joe Biden is issuing an executive order pardoning all Americans who have been federally convicted of "simple possession of marijuana". The move will only affect a relatively small number of marijuana convictions #US https://t.co/NWDayGOmlC