28th August - Law News

Edition 4262: 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: Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas - loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women - in France's state-run schools, the education minister has said. The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September. France has a strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws.

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

• The cultural life and times of the barrister, mother, wife and creative who left the Bar to pursue a career as a theatre-maker and actor | COUNSEL https://tinyurl.com/2p8vhsum
• Should there be a statutory public inquiry into the murders and attempted murders by Lucy Letby? - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/zgU0gllSf4
  
• Rating assessment of a barristers’ chambers | COUNSEL https://tinyurl.com/59kccmkp
• Don't expect favours from the court, judge tells LiPs | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2r6tvtuv
  
• What makes a responsible chambers? | COUNSEL https://tinyurl.com/rvr2bfa2
• Writing a constitution for the UK | COUNSEL https://tinyurl.com/4fh4w3h9
• Taliban ban women from visiting popular national park #Afghanistan https://tinyurl.com/5f8c8wep