1st August - Law News

Edition 4235: 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: Barbadians are using dance, art and history to mark Emancipation Day on August 1. This year’s celebration comes as the Caribbean island paves the way in calls for global slavery reparations.

  Focus of the Day Legal News: Quashing of Andrew Malkinson’s rape conviction confirms failings of criminal review watchdog. Full story - Guardian Law 

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 'I keep making mistakes. Should I quit my internship?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vmSAn5fOdo
• Bias warning for judges invited to speak at law firm or chambers | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/gOY46
• UK banks are closing more than 1,000 accounts every day https://shorturl.at/cCIS7
• ‘Do something that feeds your soul not your wallet,’ advises London lawyer earning over £100k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6qew9eJju1
  
• Airline ordered to reopen claims after passenger complaints | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/jEQ28
• ‘Excluded from justice’: court prevents family of victim from addressing assailant - David Quigley, 69, died in October after being beaten in his own home by a 15-year-old boy https://shorturl.at/chkp6
• Law students grossly overestimate their academic abilities, research finds - Legal Cheek https://t.co/JERwGmrfiq