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25th November - Law News

Edition 3986: 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: Artificial Lawyer to switch to ‘library mode’ while founder takes year-long sabbatical. Online UK legaltech site to pause news service in January as Richard Tromans makes lifestyle choice to pursue other projects. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: They say they're sorry, they've sacked their Chief Executive and after accusations of racism, they've acknowledged they made assumptions about the lifestyle of two-year-old Awaab Ishak's parents that were wrong. But despite the claims from Rochdale Boroughwide Housing that lessons have been learned, tonight this programme reveals residents on the estate where Awaab died are still being housed in conditions so bad they say it is making them ill.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Anti-SLAPP law takes a step closer | Law Gazette https://t.co/upf8UcakyC
  • BSB apologises to high-profile barrister over handling of complaint | Law Gazette https://t.co/3fXKTcS3KM 
  • The Guardian view on Scotland and the constitution: a crisis is brewing https://t.co/wA3fXQzBFO
  • Litigation bellwether sounds warning note for London | Law Gazette https://t.co/7irdvRQu4L
  • Belfast conference calls for equality law reform | Irish Legal News https://t.co/U4RREr52e8
  • Law firm wins VAT battle with HMRC over office leases - Legal Futures https://t.co/m1AhISJBqK 
  • What is the supreme court’s Scottish independence ruling about? https://t.co/clTZQLz8cX 
  • Scottish parliament does not have independence referendum power, SC rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/WBxge01SC7 
  • Dillon Eustace appoints Martin Colman as head of real estate | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Dp8EhfCpVd 
  • Some 3,000 Metropolitan Police officers cannot be fully deployed due to misconduct allegations or health issues, including "about 100" who are not trusted to speak to the public https://t.co/YhhSQnPvTg
  • Society welcomes Switzerland travel deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/C1w8brBWe6 
  • Courts returning "large number" of claims forms for ex-OIC cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/k9jOTlVw15 
  • Lawyers among victims of latest Iran clampdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/airSF8PVZq 
  • Eversheds Sutherland partners with NI Chamber’s International Champions series | Irish Legal News https://t.co/gmsOdPrbfK 
  • Squaring Circles’ Rachael Bicknell appointed to RICS and SIMI | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Xu4fHgvo1x 
  • There's growing evidence that #French rescue services failed to respond adequately to a migrant boat that sank in the Channel last November, with at least 33 people on board https://t.co/2Xqo0izAwE
  • England: Solicitor guidance on reporting serious misconduct is legally deficient | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nndmS9junw
  • Female GCs “more likely to coach and mentor” than men - Legal Futures https://t.co/IlJV3KHTen 
  • Santander cut mortgage offer because I was pregnant - Its terms and conditions state it does not discriminate https://t.co/v7I9NuJPPw
  • The removal of Shamima Begum's UK citizenship in 2019 was unlawful, her lawyers have argued. Ms Begum's citizenship was stripped after she travelled to Islamic State group-controlled Syria when she was 15 https://t.co/yEXBGcKHSw
  • Police will text 70,000 people to warn them they have been victims of a banking scam in the UK's biggest anti-fraud operation. The Met have arrested an east London man accused of running an international service enabling fake phone calls to victims https://t.co/eBj1v8xrZW 
  • Crypto crash underlines need for legal certainty, says Vos | Law Gazette https://t.co/pK9FRdqbv7 
  • Just Stop Oil protesters guilty of criminal damage to Van Gogh frame https://t.co/TcEBaGlNvL 
  • The supreme court’s batting away of Indyref2 leaves Sturgeon more isolated than ever - The five judges’ robust decision leaves the SNP with no choice but to seek independence through a general election https://t.co/QVSFRNAXoH 
  • Kate Spencer joins aviation lessor LCI as legal counsel | Irish Legal News https://t.co/jGm8nBjqz8 
  • 'Penalised, isolated and alone': Lawcare highlights men's mental health struggles | Law Gazette https://t.co/f7U4xhPAca 
  • The yacht, the wedding and £29m: Tory peer Michelle Mone’s life during the Covid crisis https://t.co/uMir5U1z2I 
  • Tory peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29m from ‘VIP lane’ PPE firm https://t.co/b9ABjkJqJO