7th August - Law News

Edition 4241: 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: The lawyers of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan are challenging the decision to jail the former leader over the weekend. Mr Khan is currently in prison, sentenced to three years for not declaring money gained by selling state gifts while he was in office, something the former prime minister denies. The current ruling means Mr Khan will be disqualified from standing in upcoming elections.

 Focus of the Day Legal News: A local authority can vary a nuisance abatement notice against noisy premises even where that reduces its restrictions, the High Court has held. Full story - New Law Journal 

 

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

• Financial planning for the junior Bar - smart guide to a self-employed junior barrister’s tax obligations | COUNSEL https://t.co/UfxL4BS3zJ
  
• Study reveals law as one of the most jargon-filled professions - Legal Cheek https://t.co/D0Zc9BfxpR
  
• Ian Watkins, singer jailed for sexually abusing children, ‘stabbed in prison’ https://tinyurl.com/mr65tbw9
  
• Tendering for public sector contracts: how to get into your best tendering position before the new procurement system starts in 2024 | COUNSEL https://tinyurl.com/uukzv3n8
  
• The accidental barrister: Late epiphanies and mottos to live by – the ‘backstory’ of Jo Sidhu KC, the barrister who led the Criminal Bar during its most intense period in history | COUNSEL https://tinyurl.com/576a47k7
• Will #India’s future generations forgive its decay into anti-Muslim hatred? Generations to come will have to carry the weight of what Indians did — and did not do — as their nation was torn apart https://tinyurl.com/5fvwyk5b
  
• Government green light for IP Office reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/1Cn6cwEqke