Saturday

26th November - Law News

Edition 3987: 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: As China's coronavirus cases rise Beijing is still sticking to its zero-covid policy, locking down cities and enforcing harsh restrictions such as daily mass testing in some areas. East Asia correspondent Bill Birtles tells The World frustration appears to be growing among residents who are struggling to go about their daily lives.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Donald Trump sued as New York Adult Survivors Act takes effect #US https://t.co/cGdFK6JK0A 
  • MPs back tougher economic crime fines and oversight for lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/3SxCCkO4br 
  • UK minister rejects measure designed to tackle Slapp legal cases https://t.co/DXqfU4m3Pm 
  • 'Wrong, confusing, unbalanced': SRA told to improve guidance | Law Gazette https://t.co/DQ3JpAJp7p 
  • Gove under pressure to explain role in PPE deals for Mone-linked firm https://t.co/509n12tTHF 
  • Bar Council piles pressure on BSB over Dinah Rose case - Legal Futures https://t.co/aLJha8eq5f 
  • Lord chief justice announces his retirement | Law Gazette https://t.co/P57Hq11Zf1
  • Listed firms' share prices jump while Ince looks to raise another £4m - Legal Futures https://t.co/CdByKrvdeT 
  • Why this supreme court ruling presents an opportunity for Scottish nationalists https://t.co/T6MIm6HxMf 
  • Blow to corporate transparency as top EU court backs anonymity | Law Gazette https://t.co/2iizpCSJtF 
  • Fewer than 1% of ‘illegal’ tree felling cases in England result in convictions https://t.co/8rnL399FR2 
  • Former soldier David Holden has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie in Tyrone 34 years ago. The 53-year-old is the first veteran to be convicted of a historical offence in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement https://t.co/x4demTjw4M 
  • Bar Council wades into BSB complaint-handling uproar | Law Gazette https://t.co/3G5jfa5Hke 
  • The Ministry of Justice has been "inundated" with complaints of alleged bullying by Justice Secretary Dominic Raab. He is already facing an investigation into two complaints made about his conduct https://t.co/ZE1glFGGeu 
  • A woman with Down's syndrome has lost her appeal over a law that allows abortion up until birth for a foetus with the condition. Heidi Crowter, 27, from Coventry said she was "angry that the judges say my feelings do not matter" https://t.co/MLymHSwLoK 
  • Quarter of firms in SRA review of immigration work face disciplinary action - Legal Futures https://t.co/WwzvD67WYi 
  • Rude judge? Don't just shrug your shoulders, says LCJ | Law Gazette https://t.co/Akrq9I5IIt 
  • Twelve people, including three women, have been flogged in front of thousands of onlookers at a football stadium in Afghanistan. The group were guilty of "moral crimes" including adultery, robbery and gay sex, a Taliban official told https://t.co/RDcFcv5VeP 
  • Nadia Cook joins Harper Macleod | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6forGZ8RiD 
  • Last Flight Home review – heartbreaking portrait of assisted dying https://t.co/XawMaeZ1M5 
  • Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial review – courtroom panto https://t.co/nbLz7usUWR 
  • Squaring Circles’ Rachael Bicknell appointed to RICS and SIMI | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Xu4fHgvo1x 
  • ‘An explosion’: what is behind the rise in girls questioning their gender identity? https://t.co/rKunpovV2c 
  • Boyd Legal acquires Fife firm Baird & Company | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fseEYRoGO1 
  • Threat to UK financial services watchdogs off the table - Government ‘committed’ to financial regulators’ independence says City minister in Tory U-turn https://t.co/B502EMOgNa 
  • Johnson and Truss join rebels against Sunak keeping new onshore wind ban https://t.co/ic4Sz5UZDs 
  • More cash for solicitors? Not the right thing to do - Raab | Law Gazette https://t.co/WLvdBAWUuc 
  • Supreme Court ‘in no doubt’ that Scottish government’s indyref2 bill is ultra vires | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gSc2EHhPxQ