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28th January - Law News

Edition 4048: 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: Two Indian Air Force fighter jets - a Sukhoi Su-30 and a Mirage 2000 - crashed during a training exercise earlier today, officials said on Saturday, resulting in the death of one pilot. While one aircraft crashed in Morena in Madhya Pradesh, the other is believed to have gone down 100 km away in Rajasthan's Bharatpur

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Law has lagged behind trends towards casual dressing for too long https://t.co/lk4JGFXfOc
  • First transparency order opens family case to reporters | Law Gazette https://t.co/tvAxYJwQcy 
  • ‘More like Annabel’s’: London law firm seeks to redress dress code https://t.co/likNcXR2UW
  • Law firm can get “need-to-know” designation for Mozambique disclosure - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ekm8ozBUhH
  • Rebuke for 'lewd gesture' at 2017 Christmas party | Law Gazette https://t.co/5pYYGlaSwy
  • Why Scotland’s gender reform bill is sparking concern over trans prisoner policies https://t.co/w3aToT4Y2K
  • A judge in #Romania has described the "particular dangerousness" of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan in terms of their ability to target women https://t.co/vTDHT3oKL2
  • New 'failure to prevent' offence could hit lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/ElzRsKm0eY
  • Labor flags law reforms to stop cases involving national security being cloaked in secrecy #Australia https://t.co/BLn6AM2NWb
  • Judge warned over drinking during a hearing break | Law Gazette https://t.co/K3IHXniQ8t
  • British man who posted far-right videos that influenced the gunman behind a xUS mass shooting has been given an 11-and-a-half-year sentence. Daniel Harris, 19, uploaded racist videos, Manchester Crown Court heard https://t.co/1tqfZN7McT 
  • Scottish actor Alan Cumming has returned the OBE he was awarded in 2009 as part of the Queen's birthday honours list. The X-Men star said although he had been "grateful", his eyes were now "opened" over "the toxicity of empire" https://t.co/UAIEVAIgz8 
  • A man has been "crushed by a telescopic urinal" while working in central London. A rescue operation is in place at the junction of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road https://t.co/E2owJNz3pR
  • #Israel has carried out air strikes on Gaza in response to rocket fire as tensions soar in the wake of a deadly army raid in the occupied West Bank. Six rockets were fired, Israel claims, with Israel attacking what it asserts were militant sites https://t.co/EJxz7sFWy
  • Survivors and world leaders are marking Holocaust Memorial Day with remembrance services and events. It honours the Jewish people murdered, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution of other groups https://t.co/oozvtbC66L 
  • ‘House of brands’ group becomes largest legal B Corp - Legal Futures https://t.co/vCxdzvbMwV 
  • Will this Ohio judge’s retirement spell the end of fair elections in the state? #US https://t.co/T2j63Gt1ox J
  • Firms sign up to divorce support scheme for staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/nM1YKdPRYA
  • LSB considers ban on NDAs unless employee asks for one - Legal Futures https://t.co/M53jDyQyMP 
  • Tyre Nichols: Biden urges calm ahead of police beating video release #US https://t.co/HX8o8gwnFQ
  • NHS hospital trust fined £800,000 after admitting failings in the care of a baby who died after 23 minutes. Nottingham University Hospitals pleaded guilty over the care of Wynter Andrews, who died after being born in 2019 at the Queen's Medical Centre https://t.co/trz4XrLVBN 
  • Vulnerable woman lay dead in Surrey flat for more than three years https://t.co/FRvQ6KQ4q
  • Panel to steer opening up of justice data | Law Gazette https://t.co/2VBoAGTGgm
  • Law firm sues Trustpilot for defamation over 20 negative reviews - Legal Futures https://t.co/Hmn1DdApvf 
  • Nadhim Zahawi faces questions over source of £30m unsecured loans to wife’s property company https://t.co/H0BJQ4hSoO
  • Raise SRA’s fining power to £250 million, say peers | Law Gazette https://t.co/6Cdses9pyh
  • Windrush inquiry head disappointed as Braverman drops ‘crucial’ measures https://t.co/bm3TptLkoT
  • Rapist who threatened to kill victim’s date has sentence reviewed https://t.co/pzs3zYUQO3
  • What may Zahawi’s lawyers have got wrong? - Legal Futures https://t.co/2ukgeGjE8r 
  • Nearly 400,000 self-employed people on low incomes are being penalised for filing their tax returns late when most of them don't owe any tax. Penalties can build up until people owe thousands of pounds, according to Tax Policy Associates https://t.co/ax3PFkICIh
  • Tyre Nichols murder: Five black Memphis police officers charged over death #US https://t.co/Gd0YeOnAEu