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18th December - Law News

Edition 4009: 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: Israel has confirmed it has deported a Palestinian-French human rights lawyer, Salah Hammouri. His fight against deportation has been seen as an important test case of how Israel treats Palestinian activists. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • Cautious welcome for SRA’s indemnity proposals | Law Gazette https://t.co/5TWPPHUWw7 
  • Susan Murray confirmed as President-elect for 2024/25 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7P8YICYCAQ 
  • Niche is king: Why boutique law firms are merger target number one - Legal Futures https://t.co/7Ztnfen44e 
  • University announces 'UK first' law degree to tackle climate crisis | Law Gazette https://t.co/S9i6DaezMM 
  • Ethics in public office legislation to be reformed | Irish Legal News https://t.co/fkA6BcJMkZ 
  • News focus: 19 things for solicitors to look out for in 2023 | Law Gazette https://t.co/zZAqSFaKM0 
  • Panel spells out challenge of contextualising law firm transparency data - Legal Futures https://t.co/HJ6OApzLiK
  • Video shows panicked guests at the MNKY HSE restaurant in London's Mayfair fleeing after Christmas decorations caught alight https://t.co/dZxc5mJPAI
  • Woman dies after being injured in a crush at a gig at London's Brixton O2 Academy that left several others hurt. The concert, by Afro-pop singer Asake, had to be abandoned part-way through after a "large number of people" tried to force their way inside https://t.co/nMxYmgSv61 
  • Judge pleads for 'scandal' of children’s care to be wider known | Law Gazette https://t.co/KixqE0TB6a 
  • Aamer Anwar and his team of criminal law experts are the subject of a new eight-part documentary series commissioned by BBC Scotland, to be broadcast next year | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/nNgOWSuMwC
  • CPS apologises for phone number 'misunderstanding' | Law Gazette https://t.co/Bcj1LJxzIY 
  • Northern Ireland solicitors raise £1,300 for youth charity Christmas appeal | Irish Legal News https://t.co/7wMEDtmbp3 
  • Court allows costs challenge by client 'not informed' about options | Law Gazette https://t.co/Y4XaovB2UB
  • Law firms “well placed” to set socio-economic targets - Legal Futures https://t.co/hvH5N3swr8 
  • Billionaire businessman Elon Musk says several journalists he suspended from his social media company, Twitter, will have their accounts reinstated. Mr had Musk accused them of sharing location data about him https://t.co/UOYXnBei7i
  • During many years of acting for children in child protection cases my practice has regularly included cases involving trafficked and unaccompanied children | Law Gazette https://t.co/nrdpe8Zkbg 
  • SRA lays out first changes to STaRs since 2019 launch - Legal Futures https://t.co/khj7ceoAzg 
  • Philip Lee appoints George Kennedy as new corporate partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/wyn2H4gcv9 
  • Northern Ireland minister who halted post-Brexit checks acted unlawfully | Irish Legal News https://t.co/W6Z3UBmdX4
  • Solicitor "tested ethical boundaries" by asking client for loan - Legal Futures https://t.co/IejX0Wjdce
  • An investigation has started after two boys were found dead at a home in Dagenham, east London, the Metropolitan Police said. A man and a woman have been arrested in connection to the incident https://t.co/aKhyJQoh9e
  • Niamh Ni MhurchĂș and David O’Malley to lead Callan Tansey | Irish Legal News https://t.co/NXFswmSVXQ
  • A 22-year-old left brain-damaged by her ex-boyfriend's botched kidnap attempt could be back home for good by next Christmas, her family says. Angel Lynn was 19 when Chay Bowskill bundled her into a van after an argument https://t.co/03l0Gjecgd