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30th November - Law News

Edition 3991: 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: A campaign group for people injured by their healthcare is calling for more publicly funded advice and advocacy so they no longer feel that they have to go “straight to a lawyer”. Full story - Legal Futures 
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Neil Basu was in charge of some of Britain's biggest policing operations of the last decade. The most senior serving ethnic minority officer in the country, as head of counter-terrorism he was the man at the very top during the Manchester Arena bombing, the London Bridge attack and the Salisbury poisonings.  Tonight, hours before leaving the Metropolitan Police, he's been speaking exclusively to this programme about battles with his own colleagues on racism, falling out with the government, protecting the royals - and the inside story of the terror plots he foiled, and those he didn't.

 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • The leader of a far-right militia has been found guilty of plotting to stop US President Joe Biden from taking office after the 2020 election https://t.co/r701GCSaQX
  • Best of the blogs - 26 November 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/OyerqAwTBc 
  • It's disability, not inability – that's why I want to be remembered! | Law Gazette https://t.co/p4bJaWGvi5 
  • Lawyer in the news: Kelly Darlington, Farleys - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/QrV8POFspG 
  • Solicitor struck off for single incident of "manifest incompetence" - Legal Futures https://t.co/Y9bC7Wg8lc 
  • Solicitors should not police economic crime | Law Gazette https://t.co/oZ1nyPUilS 
  • Parents warned Christmas puppy purchases could fund organised crime gang networks | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/b34BSIGreK 
  • A man has been arrested over the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned attempting to cross the English Channel in a dinghy last year https://t.co/woSDQpnf4o 
  • SRA finds major flaws with supervision of immigration solicitors | Law Gazette https://t.co/wNNkWVHWfn
  • UK condemns ‘abhorrent’ torture of death row inmate in #Saudi Arabia - highest level’ and demands end to executions https://t.co/Q7u0Dq8Eur
  • Metamorph mystery deepens as Stockdale returns to group board - Legal Futures https://t.co/sr7HoH81IC
  • Immensa lab errors may have led to 23 Covid-19 deaths https://t.co/L8G4TYpLtI 
  • My legal life: Zane Shihab, Armstrong Teasdale - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/BK4T0fppoq 
  • Lawscot Challenge returns to test students’ legal skills | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/HIWupanSpc 
  • Solicitor hit by £15,000 fine as SRA wields new power | Law Gazette https://t.co/RbUHY3Fmu4 
  • Lucy the labrador provides support as Australia’s first full-time court dog #Australia https://t.co/gFMw0cNPO4 
  • Court of Appeal rules against EasyJet again on flight delay claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/1rkza0vIoF 
  • #China's protests against Covid restrictions which erupted over the weekend appear to have died down, as authorities begin clamping down. A heavy police presence has been reported in several cities, and some gatherings were quelled or failed to materialise https://t.co/Fgsh5fLIFW 
  • Controversial measures which would have forced big technology platforms to take down legal but allegedly harmful material, have been axed from the Online Safety Bill https://t.co/j63kmzYKKS 
  • Former QC selection chief in line to lead judicial appointments | Law Gazette https://t.co/jVyzkoUjUo
  • Owen Paterson’s lawyers admit irony of his seeking ECHR’s help https://t.co/hKBiu72s7k 
  • SRA issues new warning on solicitors using SLAPPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/5p9JY9rrP3 
  • ILN’s primer series becomes a book – Practical Jurisprudence: Attempts to make legal philosophy interesting out now! | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IevvwF3Y6y 
  • Leasehold extension specialist with “social aim” launches ABS - Legal Futures https://t.co/Kbh4J0or8C 
  • Barristers face Beijing ban on Hong Kong national security law cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/YSYQGEHNMp 
  • Fundamental right to propagate religion under Article 25 does not include right to convert: Central government to Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/hWMR1kbxx0 
  • Man in critical condition after being shot by police in Somerset - Officers were investigating possible firearms offences when incident took place in Wick St Lawrence, say police https://t.co/GK3ftKZ3c1 
  • Animal vaccine company succeeds in defending $53m class action - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/9IltRS6T3E 
  • Climate protesters target Eversheds' London office - Legal Cheek https://t.co/dHNfVxco4c