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1st December - Law News

Edition 3992: 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 multi-million-pound group legal action against universities over Covid and strike disruption could extend to law schools, the Gazette has learned – as the number of law students joining the claim approaches 3,000. Full story - The Law Society Gazette 
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Australia's federal government says it is on track to achieve a 40 per cent emissions reduction by 2030, which falls short of its projected target of 43 per cent. 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Government promises three-part test to stop SLAPP cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/0mnKttdyPE 
  • Bar chief: regulator should tell LSB to 'butt out' | Law Gazette https://t.co/6SXbeogsz1
  • Pioneering apprentices qualify as solicitors at leading law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/X3jxNkZFtI 
  • NHS England waiting times for gender dysphoria patients unlawful, court hears https://t.co/Y8nkVu4Ze9
  • Westminster commission to investigate forensic science concerns | Law Gazette https://t.co/S0bNjFgoPW 
  • An off-duty police officer raped a woman by the side of a road after showing his warrant card and quizzing her about her driving licence, a court has heard. Metropolitan Police officer Paul Hoile was drunk at the time of the attack https://t.co/32Zbtai9Mh
  • Mastercard fails to throw out class of 'dead claimants' | Law Gazette https://t.co/IyHpvIS3J2 
  • James McAvoy's Cyrano de Bergerac co-stars 'racially abused' in Glasgow https://t.co/UvMMUnbUhl 
  • Solicitor had “massive holes” in accounts knowledge - Legal Futures https://t.co/0zynNufL9r 
  • #US courts ruling in favor of justice department turns legal tide on Trump https://t.co/qfebxgjwDv 
  • A Buckingham Palace household member has apologised and resigned over "unacceptable comments" made to a black British guest at a reception hosted by the Queen Consort https://t.co/kJQfYoQbG2 
  • Turns out the power-hungry SRA couldn’t be trusted | Law Gazette https://t.co/W2YWVUBTZZ 
  • Injured patients "should not feel they need a lawyer immediately" - Legal Futures https://t.co/iU4HTnoGn4 
  • Client ID checks are not enough, SRA says in new sanctions guide | Law Gazette https://t.co/oMoZ4qFdRV
  • Warning for profession, help for public - SRA steps up SLAPPs pressure - Legal Futures https://t.co/c19INsfxgx 
  • No legal compulsion to get vaccinated; government cannot be held liable for deaths from COVID vaccine: Central government to Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/HfFdooXMrI 
  • Democracy is at risk. We can’t let oligarchs exploit British courts to silence their critics https://t.co/q0PfU3mHWZ
  • Alison Scott joins MBM Commercial | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/tMTysm8Fw3 
  • Senior media figures call for law to stop oligarchs silencing UK journalists https://t.co/d8iWZn2VNB
  • Appointments at McCash & Hunter | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AvyrP23oOs 
  • Futher strikes have been announced over the rollout of a courts case management system following a meeting between trade union PCS and HM Courts & Tribunals Service | Law Gazette https://t.co/pRs5XEX33H
  • Twitter says it has stopped enforcing its policy on misleading information about coronavirus. According to the company's website, it stopped taking action against tweets breaching its Covid rules, on Wednesday, 23 November https://t.co/EgrY1o2fJn 
  • ‘Exposed to horrendous things’: young people in UK speak out against evangelical church - Ex-followers of Universal Church of the Kingdom of God say they felt pressure to give money and were told demons caused mental health issues https://t.co/W1XgRkihYH 
  • NI High Court: Judge upholds Will where testamentary capacity was not proven for ‘confused’ hospitalised testator | Irish Legal News https://t.co/7I4y3EIM9G
  • Allahabad High Court directs judge to appear in person after noting his "habit of committing impropriety" | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/m6bsz5jZfT 
  • Appointments at McCash & Hunter | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AvyrP2l0d2