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27th November - Law News

Edition 3988: 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: A Delhi Court today took strong exception to jailed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Satyendar Jain requesting Tihar Jail officials to provide him with a special diet in keeping with his religious beliefs. Dismissing his plea, the court also ruled that jail authorities cannot be held responsible for his weight loss.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Barrister jailed for child sex offences disbarred - Legal Futures https://t.co/dRW3oQQOHj 
  • The Law Commission has launched a call for evidence on decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs)—a type of organisation typically reliant on blockchain systems that are increasingly important in crypto-markets| NLJ https://t.co/YRihbV9e1f 
  • Perpetrators offered help in firm’s domestic violence policy | Law Gazette https://t.co/rAZNHwmxsj 
  • Turnover and profits continue to rise at first listed law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/sgCod6MvWW 
  • Pseudonymous claimant debarred from proceedings | Law Gazette https://t.co/AOSehg1P6P 
  • The five-year review of the judicial salary structure has been postponed, the Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab has confirmed | NLJ https://t.co/tDgHmIcztZ 
  • Trafficking would not have affected citizenship decision, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/UCwPftC9Eh 
  • "Win-win" as Sussex firm embraces employee ownership - Legal Futures https://t.co/xm4uH51Ruz 
  • The justice budget suffered a ‘real terms cut’ in the Autumn Statement this week, lawyers have warned, despite Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s pledge to protect public services | NLJ https://t.co/CNrRkXQ5GA 
  • PI claimant may escape costs in 'perverse incentives' case | Law Gazette https://t.co/lifirs2jEP 
  • SRA uses enhanced fining power for the first time with £15,000 penalty - Legal Futures https://t.co/a6FxXYXLYD 
  • Personal injury lawyers have been given an extra six months’ reprieve on the implementation of the fixed costs regime for civil litigation | NLJ https://t.co/sqpuGU2V0u 
  • We are in the foothills of true judicial diversity | Law Gazette https://t.co/F8AHEiwBue 
  • London Fire Brigade institutionally misogynist and racist - report https://t.co/XDV9Wk4cZU 
  • Sharing pornographic deepfakes to be illegal in England and Wales - Tackling the rise in manipulated images, where a person's face is put on someone else's body, is part of a crackdown on the abuse of intimate pictures in the Online Safety Bill https://t.co/MLCbxctU0G 
  • Donald Trump sued as New York Adult Survivors Act takes effect #US https://t.co/cGdFK6JK0A