19th September - Law News

Edition 4284: 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: India on Tuesday denied Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations of "potential" Indian security services' links to the killing of a Sikh rights activist and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in retaliation to Ottawa's expulsion of an Indian official over the case, in fresh strains to the bilateral ties. Indian media that is increasingly the voice of its hard-right ultra conservative BJP government condemn the accusation

Focus of the Day Legal News: A public inquiry into a migrant removal centre found a toxic culture with detainees forcibly moved while naked and some subjected to unnecessary pain. It found migrants at Brook House, near Gatwick Airport, were subjected to degrading treatment and to racist and derogatory language by staff. Full story - BBC News  

 

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

• Charity warns Alex Chalk to act over legal aid for immigration and asylum. Lord chancellor failing to carry out duty on provision of services in England and Wales, says Public Law Project https://shorturl.at/gAQS7
• Second court forced to close over RAAC safety fears | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/swIV3
• Marilyn Manson fined for blowing nose on concert photographer https://t.co/AusNqq7X7r
• #Danish artist told to court repay museum €67,000 after turning in blank canvasses https://shorturl.at/ptxF6
  
• Clients ordered to pay costs assigned by firm to non-lawyer - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/hqtIP
  
• Research: Legal sector workers amongst happiest in UK - Legal Cheek https://t.co/3dwY7CZQpu
• Post Office workers who have had wrongful convictions for theft and false accounting overturned are to be offered £600,000 each in compensation, the government has said https://shorturl.at/hjpQ8