Edition 4005: 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: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced plans to improve the number of senior ethnic minority staff, although its ethnicity pay gap is “heading in the right direction”. Full story -
Legal Futures
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The women on a 'war footing' as the cost of living crisis deepens - 'People are rationing, it's ridiculous' says Louise a co-founder of a community project in Shiremoor, North Tyneside.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- "Solicitors to blame" for time-barred dismissal claim against law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/RrZm0yJ6mC
- Caldwell & Robinson Solicitors to expand Belfast footprint | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XJ8t7rOiK
- Legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor never existed, court hears - Lawyers for landowner Alexander Darwall argue camping is not explicitly mentioned in laws https://t.co/R1Z3KpBi4H
- An
interesting case on lawyers’ rights has just been decided by the Grand
Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). | Law
Gazette https://t.co/2Lnt81DlxL
- The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has announced that Anne Gibson will join board on 1 January 2023. The appointment is for five years | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4Wkscs6rp
- Solicitor who dishonestly confirmed witnessing signature struck off - Legal Futures https://t.co/ylWSwUcVLN
- DLA Piper hires Gavin Woods as litigation and regulatory partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IMkgj1gyM8
- Trans women can take seats on public boards set aside for women, Scottish judge rules - Sunak announces immigration reforms to end 'spurious' appeals | Law Gazette https://t.co/OUrCvs7nqv https://t.co/uCuEgrXu2B
- Lawyer by day and writer by night – literally – Niamh Hargan juggles a demanding job in media law while penning novels in her spare time | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UnymVVN13z
- Traveller Equality and Justice Project recognised at UCC teaching awards | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ed2grfsee4
- Lockerbie: Evidential farce continues as US and Crown accounts contradict one another | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/qfIjF4NEIf
- The claimant personal injury sector does not receive much by way of good news these days, so the past few months will have come as a pleasant surprise for many PI lawyers | Opinion | Law Gazette https://t.co/PD4C3DRmjC
- Burges Salmon advises on restoration and EV charging deals | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/F2FpoYPjtb
- Tory MP declared bankrupt over £1.7m debt - but vows to stay until election https://t.co/ICb9cfPMft
- Arthur Cox and McCann FitzGerald recognised by FLAC | Irish Legal News https://t.co/8KwfHKAgO0
- Report urges “impact targets” for judicial diversity initiatives - Legal Futures https://t.co/84S9ZoyTz
- Judge rejects plea to postpone judgment publication | Law Gazette https://t.co/XIxA7gpD2Q
- Weekly prison visits reinstated for first time since pandemic | Irish Legal News https://t.co/okypkO7jKZ
- Appointments at Just Employment Law | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SNpyium7yH
- My legal life: Joanna Abrahams, Valemus Law - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/wBqA8wCNZN
- Fine for solicitor who failed to register clients' interests - Legal Futures https://t.co/iY1aeY1A7v
- Staff grievances surge at Ministry of Justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/NmanTOCQdq
- Further restrictions to be introduced on planning judicial reviews | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zlMqMcMkD6
- A #US lawsuit alleging that Taylor Swift stole lyrics for her hit song Shake It Off has been dismissed by a judge. Songwriters Sean Hall and Nate Butler had claimed the pop star lifted lyrics in her song's chorus from their own hit Playas Gon' Play https://t.co/zUvqiSVrw1
- Rishi Sunak has promised more staff to help clear the UK's backlog of asylum seekers by end of next year. Under a plan unveiled by the prime minister, a dedicated unit of 400 specialists will be set up to handle claims from Albanians https://t.co/bsE7FlWOt7
- Belsner won’t end claims deduction disputes, costs lawyers predict | Law Gazette https://t.co/1j4Z1V5Ph
- Lawyer in the news: Philip Barden, Devonshires Solicitors - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/n8YCu5I65F
- Six people, including two police officers, have been fatally shot after a suspected ambush at a remote #Australian property in Wieambilla - 270km (168 miles) west of Brisbane, Queensland - when they were fired upon https://t.co/400pNrvso0
- Some 417,000 working days were lost because of labour disputes in October 2022 - the highest since November 2011. The UK has been hit by widespread industrial action this year as workers walkout over pay and conditions https://t.co/L9yJnexVhR
- The
boss of the UK's biggest rail union has insisted support for strikes
amongst its members is not dropping, he did not comment on the
debilitating effect of strikes on the ordinary commuting workers and
self-employed dependent on trains https://t.co/26Ref3soZz
- SDT clears ex-Law Society president Greene after private prosecution - Legal Futures https://t.co/oOpfUOkIOP
- GCs 'not reaping benefits of legal market liberalisation' | Law Gazette https://t.co/xP9gFlmst9
- SRA bids to increase number of senior ethnic minority staff - Legal Futures https://t.co/caDjlpdCxE
- Black prisoners and white guards ‘should cook together to break down barriers’ https://t.co/8rlaySjf3M
- #Russia's arms dealer Viktor Bout - nicknamed the "merchant of death" - has joined the pro-Kremlin ultranationalist LDPR party, following his release in a high-profile US prisoner swap https://t.co/4IpsNs7ymC
- Former Law Society president David Greene has today been cleared of wrongdoing by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/4f1ODsicNQ
- Solicitors deem ‘marketing’ to be somewhat of a dirty word - Legal Futures https://t.co/9PRFhYbIaI
- Jersey explosion: Seven victims named by police https://t.co/J9y1vRKBlU
- Court of Session confirms position on legal privilege and third party complaints | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2S0WHyFQOc
- About 51,000 people who came to the UK under the Homes For Ukraine scheme have now reached the end of their six-month sponsorship period https://t.co/MSU4nQkN9j
- A man who strangled his girlfriend and cut her throat 14 times before dumping her body has been convicted of murder. Ross McCullam, a lab technician, attacked Megan Newborough, 23, at his home in Coalville, Leicestershire, on 6 August 2021 https://t.co/RArAChVdCg
