Edition 3655: 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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Season's Greetings to all our readers.
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The Chinese government has hit back at President Biden's new law that restricts imports from Xinjiang over concerns about the abuse of Muslim minorities in the region. A foreign ministry spokesman said the move would undermine global supply chains and disrupt international trade.
It comes as two more monuments in Hong Kong commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre were removed.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Police say Sandy Springs lawyer raped woman asking for legal help:
Serge Jerome, 33, was arrested during a traffic stop on Monday #US https://t.co/tpO07WiMrQ
- A commission in #Gambia has suggested that former President Yahya Jammeh be brought before an international tribunal for crimes committed during his 22-year dictatorship https://t.co/4ni1sEyYkO
- Police searching for a 12-year-old girl from Devon who went missing before Christmas are asking for help to find her father. Leona Peach was last seen in the Hele Park area of Newton Abbot at about 09:15 GMT on 20 December https://t.co/bU4p5wUoD1
- The National Green Tribunal—a specialised environmental institution constituted 10 years ago—has transformed environmental regulation and governance in #India https://t.co/7hDS28BHg0
- A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of a 14-year-old boy. Jermaine Cools was attacked near West Croydon station on 18 November https://t.co/a1aFuhjlXA
- People in #Switzerland will be able to legally change gender by a visit to the civil registry office from Jan. 1, putting the country at the forefront of Europe's gender self-identification movement https://t.co/NibxtGBQiw
- The judge in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial in New York has asked jurors to meet for an extra hour each day out of fears of Covid disruption #US https://t.co/3kjjA85rXj
- Tiktok sued by former content moderator traumatised by disturbing videos #US https://t.co/OJoAVHbI2h
- Credit Suisse may take legal action against SoftBank over Greensill debt https://t.co/QOYXvaL29J
- Bill of Rights will ‘drive coach and horses’ through human rights law | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Cwl4YLttiN
- Veteran lawyer loses crown as top legal aid earner as Covid pandemic slashes income - Donald Findlay QC's income fell by more than half in 2020-21 https://t.co/FHOqOlOCPm
- New UK law means online racist abusers could face 10-year bans from football https://t.co/ztufH8GHiU
- #Russian court orders oldest civil rights group to shut: the prosecutor, Alexei Zhafyarov, labelled Memorial a "public threat", accusing the group of being in the pay of the West to focus attention on Soviet crimes instead of highlighting a "glorious past" https://t.co/Mxatv56TYt
- Judges Appointing Judges A Propagated Myth: Chief Justice of #India NV Ramana said there is a need to liberate the institution of public prosecutors https://t.co/qPZpy7HRNJ
- Innsbruck airport refused to allow 110 British tourists entry into Austria because they had not followed updated Covid restrictions, it has emerged. Many were caught out on Sunday by a new rule requiring a negative PCR test within 48 hours https://t.co/A67CUthhoI
- Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of 101 barristers and solicitors as new Queen’s Counsel (QC) in England and Wales | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/waV3vtnu9
- How did I survive care and prison? https://t.co/eVJCFyIjkE
- Large data controllers will breathe a huge sigh of relief following the Supreme Court’s decision to refuse Richard Lloyd permission to serve a £3bn representative claim on Google in Delaware | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/dr9iP7Pk83
- 12,000
Afghan refugees to start new year stuck in UK hotels: Government
struggling to persuade councils to find permanent homes for those who
have arrived since August https://t.co/5qxTlDbvIR
- Priti Patel orders review of crossbow laws after Windsor Castle incident: Home secretary tells officials to look at possible ways to strengthen controls on weapons in wake of Christmas Day arrest https://t.co/vGTd2vyOUl
- Multinational bankruptcy: where complexity is a feature, not a bug | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/B9CmfQbpXr
- A Sydney lab has told hundreds of people they did not have Covid when they in fact had tested positive, amid soaring infections in the area #Australia https://t.co/sIPWMmNZji
- More and more children are having to work to help support their families, amidst an economic collapse in #Afghanistan https://t.co/Ff1gglWil7
- #Myanmar army kills more than 30 on Christmas Eve 'massacre' https://t.co/MtoOMZGdzn
- Transgender people: judges advised to use preferred personal pronouns: Updated guidance for England and Wales judiciary says it is ‘common courtesy’ to do so in cases involving trans people https://t.co/QpsQ7NT9uJ
- #China's human rights issues make 2022 Olympics dicey for IOC https://t.co/4JlV24fFw5
- New Covid-19 vaccine requirements have come into force in New York City, as infections continue to surge fuelled by the Omicron variant of the virus: Children aged 12 and over are required to show proof of full vaccination to access indoor dining areas https://t.co/bq2LaTgU0c
- It was only in 2015 that, according to the Treasury, British taxpayers finished ‘paying off’ the debt which the British government incurred in order to compensate British slave owners in 1835 because of the abolition of slavery https://t.co/7dpv6eGEeQ
- Highway Code changes could be 'accident waiting to happen’ as legal experts share concerns https://t.co/K2vuVy3MNB
- As a descendant of Caribbean slaves, all I want is for David Cameron to recognise the damage his ancestors did: Yet the Prime Minister won't even apologise for the gross injustices of the slave trade https://t.co/ooFMx6yxbO
- 'What writing my novel taught me about being a lawyer', Rachel Goldenberg | The Lawyer's Daily https://t.co/7VoZkkzhFd
- No new Covid restrictions in England before new year, Boris Johnson says: No extra curbs for New Year’s Eve, with prime minister to put emphasis on personal responsibility https://t.co/QFI12WDvQ
- A
law firm of more than 90 years is expanding into a prominent 16th
century building in the centre of Norwich: Solicitors Rudlings, which
already has offices in Bury St Edmunds, Thetford and Brandon, is
expanding into the Fine City https://t.co/AtuAbU2TAO
- A crazed woman was arrested by the FBI after she went on an expletive-laced tirade and slapped a fellow passenger aboard a Delta flight from Tampa to Atlanta #US https://t.co/u5xAMba32s
- #India blocks foreign funding for Mother Teresa charity - without evidence, Hindu hardliners have long accused the charity of using its programmes to convert people to Christianity https://t.co/tyuENAPHro
