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5th February - Law News

Edition 4057: 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: Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has died at the age of 79, after a long illness. He had been living in self-imposed exile in Dubai since 2016. His tenure was noted for a spat with the chief justice of Pakistan's supreme court

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Brisbane council to review prime pub leases after penalty rates controversy #Australia https://t.co/YSuHY2XTgJ 
  • Running a tech incubator - the Allen & Overy experience - Legal Futures https://t.co/1zudyEyLso 
  • Nearly 14,000 #Nigerians take Shell to court over devastating impact of pollution https://t.co/MyPAfTBynG
  • Nicola Bulley: Woman with pram sought in search for missing mum https://t.co/opYyAgivxk 
  • Royal commissions transformed Britain in the 1960s – we desperately need them now https://t.co/GrBTrXWAQm
  • Can a mass shooter demand a good death? The strange case that tested the limits of justice #Spain https://t.co/CqBXyCVpn6 
  • Will-writing clients increasingly interested in add-on services - Legal Futures https://t.co/xlv88K4Mzk
  • Victorian government to apologise to victims of sexual abuse at state schools later this year #Australia https://t.co/4uxtYmGmC9
  • Bill to extend maternity protections passes in House of Commons | Maternity & paternity rights - If bill goes through Lords, firms cannot make women redundant from moment pregnancy disclosed until child is 18 months https://t.co/YuT2OtbByh 
  • Why did Gary Glitter only serve half his prison sentence? https://t.co/Woem8IqGXY 
  • Crypto world opens up opportunities for solicitors, says SRA - Legal Futures https://t.co/kTqvncyC2P 
  • ‘It’s not who we are,’ wails British Gas. Sorry but when you’re using bailiffs to install meters, that’s exactly who you are https://t.co/F8I5cMDtOw 
  • Democracy does not always go hand in hand with liberalism – that is the problem https://t.co/PR9MBeAgmc 
  • Tesla founder Elon Musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had "funding secured" to take the electric carmaker back into private ownership #US https://t.co/1UyPFyWi08 
  • #China urged "cool-headed" handling of a dispute over a giant Chinese balloon heading for the eastern US. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier called off a visit to Beijing, saying the "surveillance" balloon's presence was "an irresponsible act" https://t.co/oSpjauUSTn 
  • Dominic Raab should be suspended, says ex-Conservative chairman https://t.co/WRNrIpMof7
  • Fast-growing ABS expands again but this year's focus is on profit - Legal Futures https://t.co/0GSN7gTpzZ 
  • Associates driving ESG efforts across the profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/faY6gYGlb0 
  • "No sensible reason" for split profession anymore, says leading KC - Legal Futures https://t.co/9USGeV3JmU 
  • Nigerian gas deal would lead to $2bn payday, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/3tmlF2CKCo 
  • Netanyahu told he must not involve himself in judiciary overhaul - #Israel’s attorney general said to PM it would amount to a conflict of interest over his corruption trial, according to letter https://t.co/qOdilAvgVd 
  • 'Raise legal aid': Wales's message to Westminster | Law Gazette https://t.co/zHnVqrKSGG 
  • Guantánamo detainee who was tortured by CIA released to Belize, Al-Qaida courier turned informant Majid Khan to be permanently resettled after being held in US custody for nearly 20 years #US https://t.co/TZ6fIEdyA3