Edition 4000: 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: Legislative change is just one step in the journey to achieve a racially diverse arbitration profession. Full story -
The Global Legal Post
Today's Highlighted Video Story: With strikes, the economy, and migration the issues currently dominating political conversation, Labour today tried to throw another into the mix - unveiling a blueprint for constitutional reform which includes the abolition of the House of Lords and devolving more power from Westminster.
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- The deaths of four people on a paddleboarding trip was "tragic and avoidable", a report has said. The organisation of the trip on the River Cleddau on 30 October 2021 was strongly criticised by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) https://t.co/yHAv76o8Kq
- The
BBC has been given photos of Twitter office space that has been
converted into bedrooms, which San Francisco authorities are probing as a
possible building code violation #US https://t.co/ZA70reSbTi
- Julian Knight has been suspended as a Conservative MP after a complaint was made to the Metropolitan Police, a party spokeswoman has said. She declined to comment on the nature of the complaint as it is now under investigation https://t.co/i57abbogX8
- Kingsley Napley argues JR was not ‘reasonable alternative’ in fees fight | Law Gazette https://t.co/aoEVxzRzFY
- UK
woman whose children were removed against their wishes loses appeal -
High court case is landmark test of use of unregulated experts in family
justice proceedings in England and Wales https://t.co/xpgX4gCaQL
- Post Office victims to be compensated but cap put on legal costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/tS2EanGGau
- #US supreme court hears case that could radically reshape elections - Case brought by North Carolina would give partisan state legislatures near total control over elections with no role for courts https://t.co/WLjkTbxeGJ
- Bar regulator faces formal LSB action over performance crisis - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ob56LA1n8W
- The late Supreme Court judge, Séamus Henchy, was born in County Clare 105 years ago this week to Patrick and Margaret Henchy who ran a shop in Corofin | Irish Legal News https://t.co/MwWI4lydgO
- Labour MP Conor McGinn has been suspended from the party pending an investigation, the BBC has been told. Mr McGinn, who has represented the St Helens North constituency since 2015, will now sit as an independent MP https://t.co/vKHGIoGB1e
- Border Force staff at UK airports to strike over Christmas in pay row https://t.co/dOxnQFiHhG
- Peru's ousted president Pedro Castillo has been seen on police premises after being impeached - just hours after he tried to dissolve Congress https://t.co/fC7KJRItaL
- Bitterness after striking ICC support staff barred from ASP | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dnxEgoiPNb
- Law firms “lack confidence in negotiating fees” - Legal Futures https://t.co/xtHd2K2eb0
- The SRA is looking for statutory designation under the whistleblower law, the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA), to encourage reporting of SLAPPs - the announcement could provoke a number of responses | Law Gazette https://t.co/ki2y6I0qfX
- Trio of appointments at McKee Campbell Morrison | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3cHEDV0hx5
