9th October - Law News

Edition 4304: 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: Iranian authorities have reportedly arrested the mother of teenager Armita Geravand, who was allegedly beaten into a come by morality police for not wearing a hijab. The family of the 16-year-old say she was assaulted at a metro station and hit her head on a platform, with CCTV footage showing she was pulled unconscious from the train. Authorities deny she was assaulted by the morality police.

 

Focus of the Day Legal News:  Lawyers across the country are gearing up for Pro Bono Week, this year taking place from 6 to 10 November. Last year, Pro Bono Week saw 68 events take place across the UK, with an estimated 5,000 attendees in person and online, and hundreds of social media posts highlighting the positive impact of pro bono. 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

• Metro Bank has struck a deal with investors that it says will secure its future after newspaper reports suggested it needed to raise cash to shore up its balance sheet https://shorturl.at/jGTV8
  
• The Weekly Round-up: Gaming the asylum system, contempt warnings, and a European climate change case - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/4OhFgjMgjN
• Nobel peace prize winner joins calls for UN to criminalise gender apartheid - Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi joins call for definition of crimes against humanity to include gender apartheid https://shorturl.at/gCKQW
• Around the house: AIG hires former Stripe CLO, Guardian newspaper’s US arm gets first GC - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wGx1iz7iNF
• Home Office paying nearly £300,000 per week for empty Bibby Stockholm barge, contract reveals https://shorturl.at/eoQV2
• Boris Johnson's ex-wife Marina Wheeler KC has been appointed as Labour's adviser on protecting women against workplace harassment https://t.co/KlWhoxrcNo
• Lord chancellor and home secretary sound very different messages on law and lawyers at Conservative party conference | Law Gazette https://t.co/9rgDC1xsMr