Edition 3995: 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: The Palestinian foreign ministry has said the shooting of a Palestinian man by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank was tantamount to an execution meant to escalate already spiralling violence in the occupied territory.
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- The UK is the ‘leading Western centre for Islamic finance’, according to a TheCityUK report, ‘Islamic finance: global trends and the UK market 2022’, published last week | NLJ https://t.co/zIrRt79F37
- Facing eviction, I’ve learned that relying on ‘good landlords’ is a feudal throwback https://t.co/owf2DpL8MA
- QualitySolicitors undergoes MBO in latest Metamorph twist - Legal Futures https://t.co/j5ZzEnlOCs
- Push for ‘victim advocates’ to support alleged rape survivors in court following Bruce Lehrmann trial https://t.co/7wkIZ280iT
- Disquiet is growing in the City of London about the likely impact of the Bill of Rights Bill on the UK’s economic competitiveness, the Law Society has warned | NLJ https://t.co/mkKOflJpD6
- Anger at ‘irresponsible’ Christmas sales of e-scooters banned on UK roads. Big-name retailers are marketing the popular mode of transport, despite use of privately owned models being banned in public places https://t.co/iWdzO6xMLg
- Letting agencies are earning thousands of pounds in commission and in some cases flouting the ban on tenant fees by forcing renters to sign up to controversial “zero deposit” schemes https://t.co/zQw4BC2ZAu
- Incompetent solicitor a 'serious and continuing' risk to the public | Law Gazette https://t.co/tvn8dZoWhx
- A third teenager has been charged with murdering two boys who were stabbed a mile apart in south-east London. Kearne Solanke, 16, was found wounded in Titmuss Avenue in Thamesmead on Saturday 26 November https://t.co/VfboSKz4is
- Former
government minister Conor Burns has been cleared of misconduct and will
be readmitted to the Tory Party. Mr Burns was sacked as trade minister
in October amid allegations that he touched a man's thigh in a hotel bar
during the Tory Party conference https://t.co/vKA4K9UVK6
- Dominic Raab urged to release prisoners jailed under abolished IPP scheme https://t.co/dIobgfoWnc
- Ban for conveyancer who took second job with client on the quiet - Legal Futures https://t.co/PzgrFZZ4TO
- Divorce action funder failed to carry out checks before lending £232k | Law Gazette https://t.co/0NDgdL2m9x
- Ten firms out of 40 taking part in a Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) thematic review of immigration services providers have been referred to disciplinary processes after ‘significant shortcomings’ were found | NLJ https://t.co/QV8wb8wpla
- Prisons are an overflowing, squalid, absurd waste of money. So why do the public want more of them? https://t.co/1jQ1owlDqJ
- A mural by graffiti artist Banksy remains intact after a group of people tried to steal it from the wall of a war-torn building in #Ukraine. The group cut off a section of board and plaster bearing the artwork of a woman in a gas mask, officials said https://t.co/UOglTS65iy
- The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett, is to retire on 30 September 2023, after six years in post | NLJ https://t.co/p4g5neaUcH
- Solicitor jailed for 12 years for castle fraud after private prosecution - Legal Futures https://t.co/E4G3GAxwDv
- The Supreme Court’s decision regarding a draft Scottish Independence Referendum Bill will ‘not have come as a surprise’ to the first minister, according to public law specialist Stephen Parkinson | NLJ https://t.co/ZZjzmi2Jp8
- Seasonal worker visa puts migrants at risk of exploitation, say supermarkets https://t.co/GjWfKiBRcq
- A criminal offence of sharing ‘deepfakes’—explicit images or videos which have been manipulated to look like someone without their consent—is to be added to the Online Safety Bill, in a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) amendment | NLJ https://t.co/FLAbmg4H1A
- Court green lights inheritance claim despite solicitor's limitation error - Legal Futures https://t.co/bo6WPQLoMS
- Judge praises solicitor subject to ‘intense, personal’ abuse from LiP | Law Gazette https://t.co/hfHMblsLqB
- Six children have died with an invasive condition caused by Strep A - including five under 10-year-olds in England since September - the UK Health Security Agency has said https://t.co/QWdvGhIdQS
- Law firms have been warned again not to use litigation aimed at silencing critics—known as strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) | NLJ https://t.co/bdyr84uEpp
- Barristers taking 'financial hit' to tackle race inequality | Law Gazette https://t.co/ueWOgGVVkS
- Hong Kong withholds British lawyer’s visa, delaying Jimmy Lai trial https://t.co/m1sF8XqDqd
- #US Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy after he was ordered to pay almost $1.5bn (£1.2bn) for falsely claiming a 2012 school shooting was a hoax https://t.co/eRtI9h53FU
- SRA gets £120,000 grant for work on IT-enabled dispute resolution | Law Gazette https://t.co/QNJsguNjn4
