Edition 4059: 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: GMB is now the union for judges after the first union branch in the country specifically for judges was opened this week. The branch consists of union members who work in the judicial system, which is traditionally a sector without trade union representation. Full story - Scottish Legal News
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The serial rapist and former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick was in court today. He's already pleaded guilty to attacking 12 women over 17 years. It's the only chance many of his victims will get to have their stories officially heard.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
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about criticism she faced after taking Cayman Islands same-sex marriage
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- Trade union formally establishes branch for judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/2kNl2imecA
- Law
firms are changing how they charge for their services in response to
client demand for lower costs and greater clarity, according to a
LexisNexis UK investigative report, 'Calling time on the billable hour' |
NLJ https://t.co/SBZgKurlho
- David Carrick: Officer raped by disgraced PC feared reporting him to bosses https://t.co/xmwG30DgrF
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