Edition 4064: 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: It has been three years since Sudan’s government banned female genital mutilation. But UNICEF says it is still going on. The UN children’s agency says the frequency of FGM was dropping before the ban, but it is a practice still being carried out within some families and communities.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- ‘He’s really dangerous’: fear as Wagner convict soldiers return from Ukraine - Murderers and other hardened criminals among those recruited by #Russian mercenary group in exchange for freedom https://t.co/DqrRGmrvZV
- Another unidentified object has been shot down over North American airspace, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed. He said the latest object "violated Canadian airspace" and was shot down over Yukon in north west #Canada https://t.co/4jRFV1dwmr
- Legal aid widened for child cases following public law challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/bIwbv900Ak
- Rust shooting: Baldwin’s attorneys say prosecutors made ‘a basic legal error’ #US https://t.co/gOgsqLwo7x
- Legal Services Board “needs to focus more on access to justice” - Legal Futures https://t.co/DkSXWbOcmQ
- Solicitor of 50 years banned after 743 cheques found stashed away | Law Gazette https://t.co/y1kKmEMDwG
- Children fleeing danger in small boats should be deported, says Tory thinktank - Policy Exchange paper envisages sidestepping Human Rights and Modern Slavery Acts to eliminate legal challenges https://t.co/izweVh8yjH
- The UK legal sector’s turnover in December 2022 was £3.5bn - up 8.6% on the same month in 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/4sg50PfgHv
- Assam, #India, child brides desperate after mass arrests https://t.co/pkIBY8CCOF
- Fifteen people have been arrested after violent clashes outside a Merseyside hotel accommodating asylum seekers https://t.co/srj0V5RIeA
- Former LNP leader calls for 72-hour limit on children being held in Queensland watch houses #Australia https://t.co/xaiFgn8d2a
- High Court rejects client's bid to escape £417k payment to City firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/mFkFkkRFAH
- Beneficiary allowed to challenge firm's fees after fourfold rise | Law Gazette https://t.co/SVxDvgVCzm
- Gillian
Keegan at odds with Home Office plan to restrict overseas students.
Education secretary says UK ‘should be very proud of’ university sector,
amid briefings with Suella Braverman
https://t.co/nwI5ZhGyvO
- Met urged to reopen Partygate inquiry as fresh allegations emerge: ‘new information’ includes claims that Downing Street staff corroborated stories and destroyed evidence https://t.co/G8XCNJHyXA
- One
of #SouthAfrica's leading rappers, popularly known as AKA, has been
shot dead outside a restaurant in the coastal city of Durban. Kiernan
Forbes was killed along with his close friend, the chef and entrepreneur
Tebello 'Tibz' Motsoane
https://t.co/C3DvCGaekH
- Central government notifies appointment of Justice Pritinker Diwaker as Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court # Bar & Bench #INdia https://t.co/BomTZzRnCx
- Marina Ovsyannikova, anti-war #Russian journalist recounts dramatic escape https://t.co/DnWFNamwWH
- A barrister who accidentally breached a confidentiality order has avoided a contempt of court charge – but could still face disciplinary action from their regulator. | Law Gazette https://t.co/qAm2rNliJs
- Abandoned children entitled to same benefits as orphaned children; no distinction between them: Bombay High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/iWV9PgNXSw
- Vapes should be kept out of sight of children in shops and the legal minimum age of 18 should be marked clearly on each product, say councils in England. Too many children are being illegally sold vapes with fruity flavours https://t.co/QiAH1S5GE
- MPs launch inquiry into impact of whiplash reforms - Legal Futures https://t.co/Gi10SBo6r
- Knowsley: Three arrested after protest at Merseyside asylum seeker hotel https://t.co/UPP6gzVaRd
- Twitter
spat involving two law lecturers has reached the High Court in a claim
with ‘multiple causes of action’ including harassment, defamation, and
breach of data rights| Law Gazette https://t.co/GgAkn4i7qW
- SQE: Apprentices 'outperforming' other candidates | Law Gazette https://t.co/SqU2e4unN8
- Warning for fee-share consultants in solicitor's strike-off - Legal Futures https://t.co/vukKwlq6Iy
- Follow AG's lead over legal aid fees, Raab urged | Law Gazette https://t.co/uHHjwnJDc4
