Saturday

25th February - Law News

Edition 4078: 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: Delhi Mayor Alleges Attack By Extremist BJP Councillors, Files Late-Night Complaint - Hours after the municipal House was rocked by fresh clashes between the councillors of the BJP and the AAP, Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Friday alleged that a few members of the saffron party inflicted life-threatening attack on her. At a press conference here, she alleged that her colleague Ashu Thakur was also attacked by another BJP councillor

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Solicitor instructed and paid by clients without telling firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/r6bwMXcVcI 
  • ‘Life and death situation’: Queensland police minister’s claims on youth justice rebuked by experts #Australia https://t.co/g9LSTO8USk 
  • Common platform failure led to 35 defendants not being electronically tagged | Law Gazette https://t.co/98VTNEZrvz
  • NAO castigates “rushed” court modernisation programme - Legal Futures https://t.co/WORRmhmVxE 
  • High Court: Protective costs application refused for disabled individuals seeking extra year of schooling from the State | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TNraVPwlNv 
  • #US court skeptical of bid to access congressman’s phone in January 6 inquiry https://t.co/QoXwwNTpUn 
  • 'Handsy' solicitor fined £30,000 for misconduct | Law Gazette https://t.co/n4CwaRfeUn 
  • UK shooting lobby to fight demands to tighten shotgun ownership rules. Powerful pro-gun groups plan to lobby ministers as calls mount to raise ownership barriers after Plymouth killings https://t.co/zsCqRp6ImF
  • Far right trying to infiltrate UK’s low-traffic protests, campaigners warn. Defenders of LTNs in Oxford report antisemitic and conspiracy-theory chanting at confrontations over traffic reduction measures https://t.co/hFNMhyzTpc
  • TSSA union halts its rail strikes as members accept pay offers. Move will increase pressure on larger RMT union to put similar offers to full vote by its members https://t.co/rgdYW1syBU 
  • Lady Martha Bruce obituary - Governor of Scotland’s only all-female prison whose military career shaped her pioneering approach to women in custody https://t.co/2kdcEhbenG 
  • #Kenyan convicted in a trial linked to the murder of a British man has been freed from prison, after a decade-long campaign. A senior UK police officer who assisted the Kenyan investigation "omitted key forensic evidence" in the trial of Ali Kololo https://t.co/LTX0YUtsHG 
  • #Canadian privacy protection regulators have launched an investigation into TikTok over its collection of users' data. The video-sharing platform, owned by Chinese giant ByteDance, has come under scrutiny over concerns that it hands information to Beijing https://t.co/5ZdHE2NcNV 
  • The Police Service of Northern Ireland is treating the shooting of Det Ch Insp John Caldwell as terrorist-related. Investigators confirmed their primary line of enquiry was dissident republican group the New IRA https://t.co/i0kXXZ65sg 
  • Rushed pace of reform putting pressure on courts | Law Gazette https://t.co/nTY6YissM8 
  • New family law firm commits to four-day working week - Legal Futures https://t.co/nmXRDQUFik
  • Warwick student with cancer wins payout after university denied extension request | https://t.co/bIxofGo6f5
  • Firm’s tribute to ‘exemplary’ managing partner after sudden death | Law Gazette https://t.co/FS4Ain9WOX 
  • Shamima Begum has shown up courts’ deference to this government. It’s a worrying new era https://t.co/JkhYL4pDyJ 
  • Female pupils say they have been left "humiliated" over enforcement of a uniform policy at a Merseyside school. Girls have been made to enter Rainford High School in St Helens separately to boys and have had their skirt length inspected by male teachers https://t.co/nikEoZLLb0 
  • Junior doctors in England will strike on 13, 14 and 15 March, the British Medical Association has announced. They want a pay increase to make up for 15 years of inflation https://t.co/UpGyAV6pAw 
  • Rugby player found liable for injury after 'red mist descended' | Law Gazette https://t.co/arHk6cXUPX
  • The encrypted-messaging app Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption https://t.co/BDro0Oxv95 
  • Judges urged to call out role of lawyers in "layering" PI claims - Legal Futures https://t.co/9He3xabwZc
  • Partner struck off for misleading probe into London trip expenses | Law Gazette https://t.co/aiIpGzC0ea
  • Boris Johnson hints he may not support Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland deal - Ex-PM says controversial bill is best way forward as lawyers advising Tory Eurosceptics submit fresh proposal https://t.co/2K3vvISdbX 
  • Top state officials push to make spread of #US election misinformation illegal https://t.co/4nM095RYhp 
  • PII renewal: Is the tide turning? - Legal Futures https://t.co/cHKiacvdT3 
  • ‘He stole my childhood’: how three women banded together – and took down their rapist https://t.co/7yRg1A8XqG 
  • Angela Ruttledge appointed to Fáilte Ireland board | Irish Legal News https://t.co/b8J6V37EKr 
  • Risks and regulatory changes to look out for | Law Gazette https://t.co/WMHoQqeOCX 
  • Crypto firm with links to parliamentary groups appears to have vanished - Apparent disappearance of Phoenix Community Capital leaves some investors fearing they have lost large sums of money https://t.co/6aVePiRFRC 
  • Press greets Home Office redraft of national security bill with scepticism - Media industry sources say changes appear not to go far enough amid fears of ‘chilling effect’ on journalism https://t.co/4OH4jrqbhP 
  • Why we need a data lab for justice | Law Gazette https://t.co/kxOktY5QC4
  • Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein gets 16 more years in prison #US https://t.co/vCjdaJ1R7z