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30th March - Law News

Edition 4111: 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:  A lack of information on low level offending could hamstring the prime minister's Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, the authors of a study on data and statistical gaps in the criminal justice system of England and Wales warn today. The effectiveness of sanctions against anti-social behaviour and the use of the so-called 'community trigger' are among the areas where no national data is collected despite repeated requests from MPs and others, according to the study by the Centre for Public Data. Full story The Law Society Gazette
 
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Months after the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, I began filming the U.S. Army’s 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (known as the Gunners) in Baghdad. The unit was housed in a bombed-out palace on the banks of the Tigris that they named Gunner Palace. Rather than just making a movie about the men, I suggested that we make a film together — an offer that the soldiers quickly embraced. They told the story of the war as only they could: They played guitar, spat out rhymes and played to the camera. But behind all their bravado and posturing, they were just kids who desperately wanted the world to understand the war through their eyes.

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • A member of the bench, among other things, has been fired after it was revealed he creates pornography on the adult website OnlyFans | Irish Legal News https://t.co/C97TbqgGm
  • Angela Rayner MP has called on Dominic Raab to apologise to rape victims for his "failures" as justice secretary. She said the charge rate for rape had "collapsed" under his watch to 1.6% https://t.co/7F9xrkzVns 
  • Making pricing for profitability every lawyer’s responsibility  - Legal Futures https://t.co/6fBXsMlGmJ
  • News focus: National Conveyancing Week - home truths | Law Gazette https://t.co/TwhEJKWBz6 
  • Lack of data could hinder PM's anti-social behaviour drive | Law Gazette https://t.co/ebQlbjeVGr 
  • District Court: Music licence granted to publican despite objection to sound levels being emitted from venue | Irish Legal News https://t.co/21jWcf8mZ
  • Call to name courts with biggest backlogs - Legal Futures https://t.co/exAgTTMCDo 
  • Mould and a broken toilet were just some of the problems Chiara said she and her family faced in their rented home over the past two years. But when the teacher complained to her landlord, she said they responded with a no-fault eviction notice https://t.co/pnJXpEoi0n Mar 29, 2023
  • 'National Legal Service': solicitors propose new vision for legal aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/JLtxX8ZXvl
  • Balfour and Manson boosts private client team in Aberdeen | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4dWzoI05r4
  • Key figures in artificial intelligence want training of powerful AI systems to be suspended amid fears of a threat to humanity. They have signed an open letter warning of potential risks, and say the race to develop AI systems is out of control https://t.co/fiOrC2bYFo
  • One of Scotland's main police control rooms used a fake system to manipulate response time targets for eight years, thousands of calls to the Bilston Glen control room were allocated to a fictitious call sign known as DUMY https://t.co/o56MH8h7ty 
  • Registers of Scotland publishes new owner location report | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/FV8FNy7KP
  • A former president of Nottinghamshire Law Society, Ashish Bhatia faces allegations of discrimination against a former employee, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal heard | Law Gazette https://t.co/njjrXthtbS
  • In-house lawyers “most concerned by economic instability” - Legal Futures https://t.co/zlP5Bg1o5p 
  • Future of professional ethics | Law Gazette https://t.co/q82if1v9Ts
  • The author of a damning report which found evidence of racism, misogyny and homophobia in the Metropolitan Police has urged the force's chief to accept its problems are "institutional" https://t.co/UXUDoZ0E0Y
  • Lawyer of the Month: Inna Dzhurynska | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gzdtfrsdjJ
  • RDJ partner Brendan O’Connell scoops FAI award | Irish Legal News https://t.co/xWRTec1t9H 
  • Plans to move away from using hotels to house migrants are set to be unveiled by the government on Wednesday. The announcement, said to be a "move to rudimentary accommodation", will be made in the Commons by immigration minister Robert Jenrick later https://t.co/XorSUvh8fq
  • The number of homes available to rent in the UK has fallen by a third over the past 18 months. The sharp drop in the number of listings has helped drive up rents for new tenants by 11% https://t.co/KFocGOp3IQ 
  • Solicitor oath could ensure higher ethical standards - LSB chief | Law Gazette https://t.co/NUggse0lsR 
  • SFO's “cultural difficulties” require drastic change - Legal Futures https://t.co/ShhHKZtu7A
  • Two-thirds of UK workers with long Covid have faced unfair treatment, says report https://t.co/3x67Ygm7x
  • The Irish government is set to bid for the EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) to be headquartered in Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DP2FpT8Rkv 
  • Defamation law reforms to be brought to Oireachtas this year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/PK3K6bCI1d
  • Would-be solicitors offered new app to access work experience | Law Gazette https://t.co/VELfb4cNcw 
  • Netherlands: Sperm donor being sued after fathering hundreds of children | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/yLoZNYlvXp 
  • High Court: Losses too remote for claim against law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/pdKRRnNg9Q 
  • Brian Berrills & Company welcomes new associate solicitor Shona Goring | Irish Legal News https://t.co/giIBtHrD1z 
  • Proposed legislation aimed at stopping cross-channel migration in small boats would be incompatible with the UK's international obligations, the leading human rights figure at the 46-member Council of Europe said | Law Gazette https://t.co/xv0wvOVh6t