Saturday

4th February - Law News

Edition 4056: 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: The ultra conservative ruling BJP political party of Narendra Modi, organised a huge protest outside the Aam Aadmi Party's offices in Delhi, demanding Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's resignation over allegations of corruption linked to the now-scrapped liquor sales policy. The BJP has targeted the Chief Minister for questioning the Enforcement Directorate's supplementary charge sheet in the case and said it proved that he was involved in corruption.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter freed from prison - Glitter, 78, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was sentenced in 2015 for attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one of having sex with a girl under 13 https://t.co/U0NDKnjkkv 
  • LiP sending last-minute email had 'good reason' for missing deadline | Law Gazette https://t.co/CYOGyVcRve 
  • UK Athletics wants open category for male and transgender athletes https://t.co/AbRjj1pm2K
  • RAC employee convicted of passing accident data to claims companies - Legal Futures https://t.co/aqssesR3Vh 
  • Beware of taking fees in crypto, SRA warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/4QVNI0VzgM 
  • Law firms flock to support National Conveyancing Week - Legal Futures https://t.co/1QqIx9iH8V 
  • Ex-Slater and Gordon boss discussed 'back channel' to Quindell | Law Gazette https://t.co/agGwIin3F7 
  • Solicitors may now avoid SDT for significant but inadvertent breaches - Legal Futures https://t.co/3gH255KTXQ 
  • Energy firms told to stop force-fitting prepayment meters https://t.co/mgLxCtolaf 
  • A man who arrived at Windsor Castle armed with a crossbow and told a protection officer "I am here to kill the Queen" has pleaded guilty to a charge under the Treason Act. Jaswant Singh Chail, from Hampshire, was arrested on Christmas Day 2021 https://t.co/7IBUeuYmTa 
  • Murder trial adjourned for three days 'because heating not working' | Law Gazette https://t.co/Cym7uVU1SY
  • #Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has admitted assaulting an ex-girlfriend but avoided a criminal conviction. The 27-year-old's guilty plea in a Canberra court came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds https://t.co/X5KC538Saq 
  • Barrister wins nine-year fight to overturn critical tribunal findings - Legal Futures https://t.co/ShkGaJ2ihb 
  • Court in #Italy rules in favour of children who do not want to see grandparents - An unwelcome and unwanted relationship cannot be imposed, supreme court rules https://t.co/7TwDPpUEYj 
  • The government has abandoned plans to house asylum seekers in a Pontins Holiday Park on Merseyside, the local authority has said. Sefton Council and Southport MP Damien Moore had opposed converting the resort in Ainsdale into asylum accommodation https://t.co/oSMLMh7P79 
  • Rate of executions in #Saudi Arabia almost doubles under Mohammed bin Salman https://t.co/BbnqXnSoBb
  • Infected blood inquiry: Five things we have learned https://t.co/wNxfJmiDJO 
  • Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC appointed special rapporteur on child protection | Irish Legal News https://t.co/FwaU6v6EpW 
  • Mystery remains over new home of LawtechUK | Law Gazette https://t.co/SlLHRuuPyy 
  • Samantha Geraghty takes reins of P. O’Connor & Son | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ysUPmObUbq 
  • New Glasgow office for Thorntons | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/bvdl58yM7m 
  • Shannon Gawley elected chair of Northern Ireland Young Solicitors’ Association | Irish Legal News https://t.co/tJUlLArQF7 
  • Law firms less fearful of Big Four threat | Law Gazette https://t.co/LFQtZBXKfX 
  • Scottish government’s legal aid package not a ‘product of agreement’ | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OKAq5WxQqF 
  • Employee collected 'at least' £338,000 in land tax fraud | Law Gazette https://t.co/phonmD8D3E 
  • Cleaver Fulton Rankin’s Suzanne Keenan shortlisted for Women in Business award | Irish Legal News https://t.co/djfe5GW1l1 
  • Court of Appeal: Three-month custodial sentence upheld for young woman convicted of gross negligence manslaughter of her baby | Irish Legal News https://t.co/XOIeJUhI0D 
  • Former PwC partner denies disclosing Quindell struggles over 'quiet coffee' meeting | Law Gazette https://t.co/IPKeVLLASY 
  • SRA to throw spotlight on incompetence in the profession - Legal Futures https://t.co/cqMZKcKHsl