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3rd December - Law News

Edition 3994: 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: Several walls and faculty rooms at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi were defaced with slogans against the Brahmin and the Baniya community yesterday - photos of which were shared on social media triggering a row

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Met pays out to black brothers searched and handcuffed outside home https://t.co/8LHVBCUJR2 
  • SRA wins £120k grant to support tech-enabled dispute resolution - Legal Futures https://t.co/cgbJIzUwXD 
  • Calls for Sunak to withdraw Tory whip from Michelle Mone in Lords - Opposition parties say retention of whip in face of PPE claims reveals PM’s ‘empty promise’ of integrity https://t.co/5zRzh4cHkl 
  • Public scepticism about class actions still high in the UK, survey reports | Law Gazette https://t.co/S6RSdiMRWL 
  • Defense blames Trump Organization employee’s ‘greed’ in tax fraud trial - Lawyer argues chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg committed crimes to enrich himself and company’s benefit a byproduct #US https://t.co/LiU4lPato6 
  • Don’t double compensate for the same claim, defendants tell CoA | Law Gazette https://t.co/YnKauILlx5 
  • Chambers focusing diversity efforts on access to the Bar, not retention - Legal Futures https://t.co/E92lHLUE3w
  • The reappointment of Suella Braverman as home secretary - after she broke ministerial rules - sets "a dangerous precedent", MPs have said. She was sacked from her role after leaking restricted material but given her job back just six days later https://t.co/IaNSlYuNm3 
  • LSB to seek a budget rise of 9% next year | Law Gazette https://t.co/DWmL5Zyeyk 
  • Bruce Lehrmann: #Australia parliament rape retrial abandoned https://t.co/TSBd3VaQ0h 
  • Kanye West has been suspended from Twitter and accused of "inciting violence" over offensive tweets - just two months after his last ban https://t.co/BsRA3zLQy0 
  • Conveyancing giant consults on redundancies | Law Gazette https://t.co/805pezVFTs 
  • Solicitors fury at "real-terms cut" in criminal legal aid fees - Legal Futures https://t.co/eO90XlCJUl 
  • Metamorph ditches Quality Solicitors as network bought out | Law Gazette https://t.co/LKauZzadIS 
  • Blaming public sector staff for the failings of politicians is infuriating https://t.co/6AwVgkpY3o 
  • 'Reckless' legal aid reforms put 'futures in jeopardy' | Law Gazette https://t.co/ibh7PdC1Rv 
  • #Israel strips Palestinian-French rights lawyer of Jerusalem residency - Salah Hamouri expected to be deported after decision on grounds of ‘breach of allegiance’ to state https://t.co/Xh0jSD5G4d 
  • Trainee wins claim against law firm that changed employment terms - Legal Futures https://t.co/vR554tlKFB 
  • Solicitor jailed for 12 years after private prosecution for fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/wZmDwv2QQK 
  • Sheikh and fakes: 159-page judgment probes Asian 'antiquities' | Law Gazette https://t.co/vj1zXehcy6