8th April - Law News

Edition 4486: 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 Guardian has been working with a group of community reporters in Rochdale and Oldham who wanted to highlight the realities for women in the asylum system across Greater Manchester.

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

• LSB chief: Why are lawyers forced to pay for professional bodies? - Legal Futures https://t.co/47oFi8DUm2
• Increasing court fees? Now do the same for legal aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/lDqTBfsyJ5
• The Foreign Office should be abolished and replaced by a new Department for International Affairs with "fewer colonial era pictures on the wall", a group of former senior diplomats and officials has said https://t.co/iH3dPsZXOi
• Law Society proposes a £4.20 increase in its call on the annual practising certificate fee | Law Gazette https://t.co/WooK9gwLTv
• Nicaragua has asked the UN's highest court to halt German weapons sales to Israel at the start of a landmark case. #Germany is breaching the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to Israel and ceasing funding of the UN's aid agency https://t.co/GZGx5RIGBu
  
• Legal Ombudsman delays - still lengthy but falling - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ak2zqWhq6z
• Carers threatened with prosecution over minor breaches of UK benefit rules. DWP is forcing tens of thousands of people looking after relatives to repay huge sums after buildup of erroneous overpayments https://t.co/4YzUlW3t0o