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2nd February - Law News

Edition 4054: 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: Firms failing to take continuing professional development seriously can expect enforcement action from the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the regulator warns today. The warning comes in a 'progress report and action plan' published in response to the super-regulator’s concerns about in-career training. Full story - The Law Society Gazette 
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Survivors of child sexual abuse and their supporters have been involved in a heated clash with mourners outside a Sydney church on the eve of Cardinal George Pell's funeral

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Dechert’s security for costs granted in 'unlawful detention' case | Law Gazette https://t.co/j6SfM4oUVx 
  • Ukraine war ‘opening eyes’ to need to reform England’s libel laws, says lawyer - Geoffrey Robertson says wealthy Russians using legal system to intimidate British journalists and publishers https://t.co/mDpHEreNxY
  • #Pakistan mosque blast: What is behind the deadly attack? https://t.co/6yzcClAd1n
  • MoJ reveals drawn out timetable for civil legal aid review | Law Gazette https://t.co/D470oC0A3
  • Rishi Sunak under pressure over what he knew about claims against Dominic Raab https://t.co/yDaVmREjAv
  • UK Labour MP apologises for calling Israeli government 'fascist' - #Israel's new government, formed after elections in November, includes senior ministers from the ultranationalist far right party https://t.co/ST0Hv8518B
  • Lawyers for modern slavery survivors need to help with non-legal needs too - Legal Futures https://t.co/96nmBSNbuG 
  • Non-legal panels set to be removed from most ET hearings | Law Gazette https://t.co/8qZXQSY0Yt
  • Man secures cheaper gym fees that could benefit disabled Britons - Andrew Gray made a discrimination claim against Nuffield Health, which has now agreed to offer reduced rates https://t.co/tNU6qTN4f2
  • State dissent monitoring units ‘operating outside law’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/hqf38XBjTA
  • Recruitment “by far the biggest obstacle” to law firm growth - Legal Futures https://t.co/c0554IVKty 
  • SRA promises to act on competence failures | Law Gazette https://t.co/QW1yd6ig8i
  • Campaigners seek to overturn Liz Truss’s resumption of #Saudi arms sales https://t.co/Tt736BWl2F
  • Listed law firm sacks chief executive citing 'cultural concerns' | Law Gazette https://t.co/P9vUotInaf
  • Listed legal business fires CEO after losing confidence in her - Legal Futures https://t.co/2rFytJK6NT
  • Judge who told Pence not to overturn election predicts ‘beginning of end of Trump’ - ‘What Trump has done is quite arguably the worst crime against the US that a president could commit,’ says J Michael Luttig https://t.co/epzD0OyqOb 
  • A Chicago prosecutor is dropping sexual abuse and assault charges against singer R Kelly, who is already facing decades in prison after being convicted of federal charges #US https://t.co/Gp5uxljo6Q
  • Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab should be suspended while he is investigated over bullying allegations, a civil service union leader has said https://t.co/ahim8bTNNL 
  • MPs grill permanent secretary on MoJ morale | Law Gazette https://t.co/QaFxkdOJDJ 
  • The family of a transgender woman who died after nearly three years on an NHS waiting list said her death was caused by the delay in care. Alice Litman, from Brighton, took her own life last May https://t.co/shV89nCqUL 
  • LeO bringing down backlog but will miss year-end target - Legal Futures https://t.co/xj8PLMXaoy
  • The crew of an #Indian airline tied an Italian woman to her seat during a flight after she allegedly punched one member of staff and spat on another. The woman, who was travelling on a Vistara flight from Abu Dhabi, was arrested in Mumbai https://t.co/veib8TOOyr 
  • Another senior civil servant who worked with Dominic Raab has given evidence as a witness to the inquiry into his behaviour. Both individuals ran government departments in which Mr Raab was a minister https://t.co/3G4qao6iRo
  • Lawyer in the news: ​Emily Bolton, APPEAL - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/4rZzacaNII 
  • Judge lambasts education secretary over lack of secure places for children - Top family judge accuses Gillian Keegan of ‘complacency bordering on cynicism’ over severe shortages in England and Wales https://t.co/bKzIoQ6chL
  • Two Just Stop Oil protesters must pay Madame Tussauds £3,500 in compensation after slapping vegan chocolate cakes in the face of a waxwork of the King. Westminster Magistrates' Court heard they targeted the model "in the manner of a slapstick comedy" https://t.co/aiv1n22cPL 
  • Slater and Gordon fights £63m conspiracy claim in High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/kjLVRyIONt 
  • LGBTQ+ History Month: a time to look to the past to inform our future | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZoxsRgxtNW
  • MP receives rape and death threats after speaking against Andrew Tate - Labour’s Alex Davies-Jones ‘bombarded’ with abuse for highlighting influencer’s ‘toxic’ effect on schoolboys https://t.co/xDhcAwvyHJ