Edition 4050: 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 Law News/Article: Family court reporting pilot scheme to begin in England and Wales. Journalists will be able to report on proceedings provided they protect anonymity of families involved. Full story - Guardian Law
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Memphis Police Department has disbanded the so-called Scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering Tyre Nichols. Scorpion stands for "Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods". The unit is a 50-person team tasked with bringing down crime levels in particular areas.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Representative bodies for solicitors in Scotland have agreed to an £11 million package that increases fees for legal aid lawyers in Scotland and supports the country’s court recovery programme | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FfU1AVZ4o4
- Lauren McGhie joins Lindsays’ private client team | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ByLG0R6KQU
- Mason Hayes & Curran announces two senior appointments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/CyErWD5xQR
- Sunak was warned of Zahawi reputational risk in October, say sources - PM allegedly given advice about inquiry into minister’s taxes when he appointed him Tory party chair https://t.co/fKYIpVY6rh
- Appointments and promotions at Fieldfisher | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XGKeBdj9lz
- Jim Cormack KC appointed head of risk advisory services group at Pinsent Masons | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cSnMNwVYGz
- An "urgent review" of all transgender cases in Scottish prisons is to be carried out, the Scottish government has announced. The movement of all trans inmates with a history of violence against women will be paused until the review ends https://t.co/ez8jm7PylL
- ‘We’re tired of being beaten’: protesters across US call for justice for Tyre Nichols #US https://t.co/fVa33x2Aoh
- Zarvin Vandrewala joins Aberdein Considine | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/M9ZZZbD0Pq
- Trustpilot reviews of law firm defamatory, judge rules | Law Gazette https://t.co/hj7V82sILa
- Revealed: child migrants racially abused and threatened with violence at Home Office hotel https://t.co/R5gFnMB35t
- Collective government failures regarding building regulations "over many years" were partly to blame for the Grenfell Tower fire, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has said https://t.co/uRdgtveTbf
- Good
enough for jazz: how well does the government need to understand its
Paris Agreement obligations? A case of emissions and omissions - UK
Human Rights Blog https://t.co/gC5A5yEBI0
- Plexus Law expands Edinburgh office with appointment of Bobby Murray | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/SFzp6xyzvH
- A
man was stabbed during a fight in department store Harrods, police have
said. The Met were called at 19:33 GMT on Saturday to the store in
Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, and found a 29-year-old man with stab or
slash wounds https://t.co/INzb8yJAf4
- Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked from government after an inquiry by Rishi Sunak's ethics adviser criticised how he handled his tax affairs. The prime minister said an inquiry showed there had been "serious breach of the ministerial code" https://t.co/JxagZFhVHI
- Five new directors at DWF Belfast in 10-strong appointments round | Irish Legal News https://t.co/6TneHZ5xgH
- McCartan Turkington Breen hires employment lawyer Cormac Rice | Irish Legal News https://t.co/I3Xh17o97c
- Our Legal Heritage: The judges who defied the Nazis | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/3HxJVCg5Ra
- The
Scottish government has been urged to block the transfer of a violent
transgender prisoner from a men's prison to a women's jail. It is
understood that Tiffany Scott, who was previously known as a man called
Andrew Burns, has applied for the move https://t.co/VcidMwTrh6
- Mason Hayes & Curran announces two senior appointments | Irish Legal News https://t.co/CyErWD5xQR
- The
Memphis Police Department has disbanded the so-called Scorpion special
unit, whose officers are accused of murdering Tyre Nichols #US https://t.co/gpAFT4BcV4
- Child abuse inquiry costs taxpayer £65m | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/58B0lMMrIE
- #Israel moves to ‘strengthen’ illegally occupied Jewish settlements after shootings https://t.co/vYEIA6AKYm
- Devolving justice to Wales: MoJ acts on just five Thomas recommendations | Law Gazette https://t.co/HTzRnzFcCH
- Nadine Dorries has been accused by Parliament's anti-corruption watchdog of breaking the ministerial code by not consulting it before taking a TV job https://t.co/tj9F0ytyte
- Matthew Howse: How restrictive covenants can protect Northern Ireland businesses in the war for talent | Irish Legal News https://t.co/IeCqODEhIy
