28th March - Law News

Edition 4109: 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: Pregnant women in English jails are seven times more likely to suffer stillbirth - campaigners demand new sentencing guidelines after data reveals a dramatic rise in the chance of a prisoner’s baby dying. Full story Guardian Law

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Labour's governing body is to vote on banning the party's former leader Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate. Keir Starmer will put the rule change to the National Executive committee. Mr Corbyn, who is already suspended from the parliamentary party after a row over anti semitism, is now being banned from standing on the wider charge of leading Labour to electoral disaster in 2019.
But Mr Corbyn insisted he was "not going anywhere".

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Dramatic scenes from school shooting in Tennessee Dramatic scenes from school shooting in Tennessee Six people, three of them children, have been killed in a primary school shooting in Nashville #US https://t.co/AMPJX8Xkh4
• Sad day for the State: Madhya Pradesh High Court warns lawyers of contempt action if they do not end strike | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/0tDkGXeZd
• GPT-4 claims it could 'potentially replace' paralegals: New AI tool reckons it can replicate their research and organisational skills - Legal Cheek https://t.co/gHv6jpiMDh
• More UK in-house teams plan to cut legal spend than most global peers, study shows - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8Oa0FB1tNS
• HSF becomes first City law firm to sign up to ‘living pension’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/k8FJeRWSF
• 'A crucial part of managing risk': IBA takes global view of professional indemnity insurance: New report from International Bar Association asks whether indemnity insurance should be mandatory for lawyers in every jurisdiction - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sxczszJTw
• #Israel judicial reform: the reforms will shield PM Netanyahu, who is currently on trial for alleged corruption https://t.co/MOmFT1oXCd
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• Man who praised Samuel Paty murder found guilty of terrorism offences - Ajmal Shahpal also praised the killer of French school teacher Samuel Paty for being "as brave as a lion" https://t.co/ioIuECBLkF
• Trainee solicitor stole over £100k from firm to fund gambling addiction and was jailed for two years - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KP5SLfEDGB 
• #Kenya’s Landmark Supreme Court Decision on Non-Discrimination for Sexual Minorities | OHRH https://t.co/h9YLnO5cpR
• Cleary secures Linklaters private equity partner to continue run of senior London lateral hires - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rKMJLt58jZ
• Did deregulation kill SVB? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9rhawxvXsM 
• POCSO Act: Delhi High Court suspends sentence of man after noting girl lied about her age to accused, eloped with him voluntarily | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/fNvKaVPGwD 
• Meet the Lambo-driving criminal law solicitor with over 100k followers on TikTok - Legal Cheek https://t.co/iRppsEpDEU 
• The voting numbers behind Humza Yousaf's victory as SNP leader and the new first minister of Scotland https://t.co/OSMGMeM91M
  
• Georgina McManus: 'Part of my job is to liaise with creative people and help bring fantasy to reality' - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rKhuPaf0Bo 
• Union leader urges TUC to unite in defying planned anti-strike law - Fire Brigades Union chief says joint action needed to oppose minimum service levels bill https://t.co/NsmvyvVFch 
• Plea in Supreme Court challenges Section 8(3) of Representation of People Act providing automatic disqualification of convicted MPs/ MLAs | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/XrrT7FAtIR 
• Reddit user asks ChatGPT to explain Donoghue v Stevenson in a ‘gangsta way’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/0e8klqAPwz
  
• Senior Advocate Gaurav Pachnanda fast-tracked to the English Bar | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/TdBqZEnj4T 
• Simmons & Simmons posts 75% spring retention rate - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sSRXTEilY3 
• How Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Subramanian Swamy once united to challenge criminal defamation law | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/uYV1tzbRFS
• Sweet success! Law firm dishes out Wonka-style golden ticket TC offers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CZ5n07yrre
• The Joint Committee on Human Rights is seeking evidence from lawyers as part of an inquiry into the Illegal Migration Bill | NLJ https://t.co/xkxUlhk0Wt
  
• Brown Rudnick and Mishcon de Reya elected to board of network helping police cryptoassets - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/NyOAa5aJYe
• Muslim lawyers share advice this Ramadan - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VFNomjMMB1