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29th December - Law News

Edition 4020: 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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Season's Greetings to all readers!
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Bevy is a community-owned pub on a housing estate in Brighton in which people can buy shares for £10.  But it's more than that: it’s a warm bank, it’s a drop-in centre and a rare space for the community to meet. How does the model stay afloat and keep the lights on when everyone is affected by the cost of living crisis? The Guardian video producers Maeve Shearlaw and Christopher Cherry spent time there in the run-up to Christmas, as the locals watched the World Cup, to find out.

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • US energy giant ExxonMobil is suing the EU in a bid to force the bloc to scrap its new windfall tax on oil firms https://t.co/k0shhgnwJY 
  • Ministers’ efforts to claw back cash from PPE fraud branded ‘pitiful’ - only £18m has been retrieved by Department of Health, out of suspect Covid contracts potentially worth £630m https://t.co/QnJrfKsACh
  • Madras High Court issues directions for surprise checks, toll-free helpline to ensure implementation of health insurance scheme in hospitals | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/IIifwcAgsb
  • I have a friend on death row. He’s the most remarkable person I know https://t.co/E7auEKOcuz 
  • #Russian soldiers called up to fight in Ukraine will have the chance to store frozen sperm in a cryobank for free, according to a leading Russian lawyer Igor Trunov https://t.co/PR86VvqWU8 
  • A British woman has been stabbed to death during a break-in at her home in #Australia. Emma Lovell, 41, originally from Hasketon, Suffolk, died after confronting intruders https://t.co/v6xF7OC7Ua
  • Law Pod UK latest episode: An Essential Inquest Law Update - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/j5bA4TImQd
  • The United Kingdom has charged a 19-year-old man over a deadly incident in the English Channel in which a boat packed with migrants capsized, resulting in the loss of four lives https://t.co/Xh8lVMAmc5
  • This festive season, many displaced women are struggling - With inadequate aid, women-headed households in Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine will find it hard to keep their children fed and warm https://t.co/b1JWiUVXD4
  • Law Pod UK latest episode: The most significant cases of 2022 - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/h03AaW4ONm
  • #Russia bans oil exports to countries that imposed price cap https://t.co/ml2gSJj8Sl
  • Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed to death on the floor of a nightclub in Birmingham. Cody Fisher, 23, who was a non-league footballer and school sport coach, was fatally injured at The Crane nightclub https://t.co/BdVncZH4ON 
  • Top #US court keeps Covid-era curbs in place to block migrants https://t.co/RddabEQfvH 
  • Donald Trump’s tax returns to be made public by #US House panel on Friday https://t.co/70v33UUA4
  • Jammu and Kashmir High Court dismisses plea by ex-minister Chaudhary Lal Singh against eviction from government bungalow; imposes ₹25K costs | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/F1f5Sig72Q
  • #Indian police investigate Russian politician’s hotel death https://t.co/JkI1eOSdk
  • Blind BBC News correspondent Sean Dilley defeats mugger who stole his phone https://t.co/N3QKygCTTx
  • Cody Fisher stabbed to death on Birmingham nightclub dance floor https://t.co/MqRKnRjLaQ 
  • A 62-year-old man has died in West Lothian after being hit by a police car. The pedestrian was struck by a marked Police Scotland vehicle on Almond Link Road in Livingston at about 22:15 on Boxing Day https://t.co/MiMIIiKoe2
  • Covid in #China: People rush to book travel as borders finally reopen https://t.co/b3FZAdThtK