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8th December - Law News

Edition 3999: 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: Prison lawyers have accused the government of being ‘shortsighted’ over its decision not to increase their legal aid fees. Full story - The Law Society Gazette  
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story:  An extraordinary political stoush has broken out in Fiji, with the election supervisor accusing an opposition party of spreading misinformation. It comes after the National Federation Party raised concerns against the Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum at an election printing centre. With the election just a week away, ABC reporter in Suva, Lice Movono, tells The World political tensions are heating up

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Soophia Khan in court again as SRA seeks documents | Law Gazette https://t.co/7heWrLgDj5 
  • Bar regulator counts cost of “extremely challenging year” - Legal Futures https://t.co/PtV2qaDuYB 
  • Kingsley Napley in fees fight over conviction notification case | Law Gazette https://t.co/VSYwYnRTTV 
  • Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud, New York jury finds - Twelve-person jury returns guilty verdict against former president’s company after being sent out on Monday to deliberate #US https://t.co/qBAyJTBtOL
  • Refusal to increase prison law fees 'shortsighted' | Law Gazette https://t.co/zKJhawb6Dw 
  • Listed legal business hints at ditching litigation funding arm after losses - Legal Futures https://t.co/6Nbp1JgZQs 
  • Firm expands south east with latest merger deal | Law Gazette https://t.co/rhr3Q8M4VT 
  • Tumbling Lassie Seminar and Reception | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3CN2kWWfEf 
  • The wide-ranging implications of HMRC’s Construction Industry Scheme tribunal decision | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dk2D18N1EE 
  • Share your views on #Indonesia’s new laws criminalising sex outside marriage https://t.co/QXFWZ6Yktm 
  • Wait time for county court trials reaches new all-time high - Legal Futures https://t.co/htBAdrhwDU 
  • Prince Harry and Meghan received the Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) organisation at a gala in New York https://t.co/8SV2lhwyZx 
  • Twenty-five people have been arrested in raids across #Germany on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. A group of far-right and ex-military figures planned to storm the parliament building, the Reichstag, and seize power https://t.co/tLhA297CUN 
  • Reforms to law on moveable property welcomed by Holyrood committee | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/7swQZNZJ89 
  • The Law Society of Scotland has granted extended rights of audience to seven solicitors, with the new solicitor advocates introduced in a ceremony at the Court of Session | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pOqffOP0Nw
  • Trial over alleged threat to kill solicitor adjourned | Law Gazette https://t.co/UpvP10Jzsc 
  • Climate protesters told to pay National Gallery £1,000 for damaging painting https://t.co/cU0VMJMeWg 
  • The long-awaited arrival of no-fault divorce law in the spring has revolutionised family law as we know it - Legal Futures https://t.co/7obFBrnhzF 
  • 'New Britain': Labour plans to protect 'basic social rights' | Law Gazette https://t.co/bfJZVEHIli 
  • Bank alleges that firm conspired with client to deny payment | Law Gazette https://t.co/NibTo64s4p 
  • Defence crowdfunding 'exacerbated' libel damage | Law Gazette https://t.co/ykt7z63GVR 
  • Those in India have to act as per its culture: Supreme Court in PIL against religious conversion | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Se22OrgPU0 
  • Crypto needs cohesive regulation | Law Gazette https://t.co/RBdK60iiFS