30th October - Law News

Edition 4325: 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: Republic of Mozambique (Appellant) v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) and others (Respondents)

Focus of the Day Legal News: Solicitors have urged ministers to restore legal aid funding for early advice in family cases in order to boost mediation take-up and reduce backlogs and delays in the family courts. 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

• Law Society invites members to share their experience of carrying out unbundled legal services as SRA plans new campaign | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/yrk2aszm
• Israel-Palestine Conflict, Surveillance of Teachers, and Pollution in Italy: the Weekly Round-Up - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/m59TpHwOeA
• Shadow Attorney General backs solicitor apprenticeships as City firms continue to embrace TC alternative - Legal Cheek https://t.co/XGlRt0DdJD
  
• Housing minister Rachel MacLean has confirmed a bill to phase out some leaseholds in England and Wales will be included in the King's Speech https://tinyurl.com/ycym5nvr
  
• Revealed: law's most lucrative languages to boost salaries - Legal Cheek https://t.co/B1HAofgdwc
• Around the house: Vista Outdoor recruits GC for renamed outdoor goods business, EEOC swears in disability champion as GC - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/zTM7bTadp9
  
• Irish unity: Micheál Martin warns UK against changing vote terms - The tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) was speaking after Northern Ireland Office Minister Steve Baker reportedly said such a vote should need a "super-majority" for it to succeed https://tinyurl.com/492s8hzx