11th November - Law News

Edition 4337: 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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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

• Judge sets new deadlines that could delay Trump’s classified documents trial. Judge Aileen Cannon pushes back several major deadlines for ex-president to file pre-trial motions in positive move for him #US 
  

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• Two pro bono charities have launched the UK’s first pro bono litigation support service, Pro Bono Expert Support (PBES), as the profession marked Pro Bono Week (6-10 November) | New Law Journal https://t.co/Wetjr13Q6a
• March highlighting #Israel's brutal killing of 10,000 people in Palestine will be one of UK’s biggest ever protests, organisers predict. Police to put tight controls on protesters’ movements with hundreds of thousands expected at event on Armistice Day https://tinyurl.com/2jpzekz5
  
• Solicitors Regulation Authority appeals £5,000 costs order by Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/BWTj7KYANQ
  
• A head teacher is warning that illegal vaping could kill a child, after the collapse of a 12-year-old pupil who had used a vape containing spice - an illegal synthetic drug https://tinyurl.com/y3yh3cuc
• Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages over fossil fuel protest in North Sea https://tinyurl.com/448tv9bk
  
• Edinburgh is set to become the first city in Scotland to completely ban cars from parking on the pavement. Under plans drawn up by the city council, drivers who mount the kerb will face a £100 fine https://tinyurl.com/yc6dxc9h