Edition 4011: 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 Legal Article: Poor state of English and Welsh courts worsening backlog, says Law Society. Survey identifies slew of problems, with half of lawyers experiencing cases being adjourned because of disrepair. Full story - Guardian Law
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was supposed to deter people from trying to cross the Channel to reach the UK on small boats.
40,000 have done so this year.
But the first flight to the east African country in June was grounded after legal challenges. Yesterday, though, senior judges ruled the policy was lawful and Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she was “committed” to making it work.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
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- Weil bumps NQ solicitor rates to £165k in London - Legal Cheek https://t.co/FIZC0zaftP
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- England got its first woman solicitor 100 years ago this week - Legal Cheek https://t.co/SWMQeiXAQA
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- A second woman has died after being injured in a crush at a gig at London's Brixton O2 Academy. The concert, by Afro-pop singer Asake, was abandoned. Gabrielle Hutchinson, 23, who was working as a security contractor that night died in hospital https://t.co/xizuPn1cKf
- US actress Amber Heard has settled her defamation case against ex-husband Johnny Depp. Ms Heard, 36, wrote on Instagram that she had made the "difficult" choice to settle, adding the decision was "not an act of concession" https://t.co/j2zqfe8SFN
- The government is suing a company that supplied it with personal protective equipment (PPE) for £122m plus costs. PPE Medpro won contracts through the government's so-called VIP lane in 2020 after being recommended by Conservative peer Baroness Mone https://t.co/5iVlUk3ciG
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- Suella Braverman feeding Farage politics, says outgoing government adviser - Nimco Ali says Rishi Sunak should sack the home secretary, or risk losing the next election https://t.co/s9bmKQo4W4
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- CBI moves Supreme Court challenging Bombay High Court order granting
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- Cleary Gottlieb boosts NQ rates by 14% to £160k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ty9jXQK423
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- [Nirav Modi scam] ICAI can initiate suo motu proceedings against CAs even in absence of written complaint: Delhi High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yDCznfkHME
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- Supreme
Court dismisses plea challenging election of Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad
in 2019 Lok Sabha polls | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/liktLrAymI
- Tribunal clears former Law Society President of misconduct - Legal Cheek https://t.co/kYK5IEV467
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