Edition 3279: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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Focus of the Day Legal Article: Gender pay gap narrows for women law firm partners as pay rises outpace men, study finds. But male partners still significantly out-earning their female counterparts, according to Major Lindsey & Africa survey. Full story - The Global Legal Post
Today's Highlighted Video Story: An Australian Northern Territory police officer due to stand trial for the shooting death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker will have his case heard in Darwin.
A Supreme Court Judge has ruled that the five-week trial for Constable Zachary Rolfe be moved from Alice Springs.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- NI: Stormont 'failing children and young people', law centre warns - Irish Legal News https://t.co/8Yo50DUe72
- MI6 ‘unilaterally assumed power’ to break law on UK soil - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/4oN7n6eqj0
- US plans to bring charges against Lockerbie suspect ‘convenient’ - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/AXQDK8DKGa
- German artist whose vehicle was unlawfully auctioned by Welsh police awarded £36,500 in damages - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/89ykql1Fyg
- Government announces ratification of Lanzarote Convention - Irish Legal News https://t.co/YqwJiX0jhz
- Special rapporteur highlights need to reform Child Care Act 1991 - Irish Legal News https://t.co/4PAqIV1Jq6
- #Nigerian boys 'freed after Boko Haram abduction' https://t.co/wO5uGkmRjG
- Court refers climate lawyer to attorney general over Heathrow runway breach - Tim Crosland faces investigation after breaking embargo on airport expansion judgment https://t.co/Z6wyn122X1
- Child sexual abuse in schools often an open secret, says inquiry https://t.co/FbcnuroEqp
- UK restrictions to last until February at least, say experts - With 35,300 more cases recorded on Thursday, scientists say next two to three months will be harsh https://t.co/7CK9UvvGOa
- Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore obituary - Senior judge who served as lord chief justice of Northern Ireland and a justice of the supreme court of the United Kingdom https://t.co/p4NrtEKD9
- #Nigeria's Katsina school abduction: Boko Haram shows video 'of seized boys' https://t.co/X0bfZ1muOt
- NI facing six-week lockdown from 26 December https://t.co/OgX29wS3K
- Judge who backed George Pell appeal appointed special investigator into alleged #Australian war crimes https://t.co/m0LbTbhFop
- Society ‘extremely concerned’ by BAME prosecution ratio | Law Gazette https://t.co/OjfmmqOkFT
- Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the furlough scheme for one month until the end of April next year https://t.co/nVwc2FFHv6
- Tory MP Tobias Ellwood broke Covid rules, says home secretary https://t.co/CnN6r1wcPh
- Claims giant takeover talks extended again as trading improves | Law Gazette https://t.co/Dajau8qytf
- Law Commission seeks to reform 'fragmented' tribunals system in Wales | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZHz0Cp2eom
- Police find eight-year-old girl who went missing in Bristol https://t.co/3FzZEifppH
- Legal claim on concussion launched by former players against rugby authorities https://t.co/FesNwJaVAQ
- Victims’ commissioner for England and Wales calls for ‘victims’ law’ to give them enforceable rights https://t.co/Q3O4IZ8Tpc
- £30m fund for flats with dangerous cladding https://t.co/g4adwhXwfl
- Small firms should not escape financial crime levy, SRA tells government | Law Gazette https://t.co/mMZ4x3sXDi
- 'Error of law' helpline for those affected by immigration appeals ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/MAbcVgj7N6
- The body of football legend Diego Maradona "must be conserved" pending a paternity case, an #Argentine court has ruled, halting cremation plans https://t.co/GSglF9KQL
- The man portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the Rwandan genocide, Hotel Rwanda, says he is suing a #Greek charter flight company for aiding his alleged kidnap https://t.co/Ml6LHI9kA
- Toughest Covid rules extended in south of England - They include Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire and parts of Surrey, East Sussex, Cambridgeshire and Hampshire https://t.co/lvxol56CTm
- Supreme Court refers 'disobedient' barrister to AG over embargo breach | Law Gazette https://t.co/f0DquDhU1X
- Revenge & Retributive justice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YBz1dKQvU6
- Female advocates "will lose work" if court hours are extended - Legal Futures https://t.co/hpkJ0pzXkm
- Marketing company fined £250k for personal injury nuisance calls - Legal Futures https://t.co/zxI8Yzt0uZ
- Pro bono opportunities now “mainstream” at law schools - Legal Futures https://t.co/FRGvAcDzEd
- CMA urges review of legal services regulation - Legal Futures https://t.co/adgHPqSQUz
- Dangerous cladding: 'Fire patrols at our flats cost us £500,000' https://t.co/9g8l5QZ88b
- Serco,
one of the UK companies which runs the coronavirus test-and-trace
scheme, said it will award bonuses of £100 per worker to its staff https://t.co/xF9qoy2cU7
- New court cases 69 per cent of average monthly pre-Covid level - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/wCFHJBNM7y
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qDLKEKsecF
- New members appointed to EHRC Scotland Committee - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DJpL4muOuS
- UK backs down on prosecution of social media executives over harmful content - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/faEjZJXlkC
- Drug deaths reach highest level on record - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xOqBv7oYyu
- Blog: Scottish courts reconsider the correct legal test for rectification of contract - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/6pStlWahzz
- New film raises fears over Hate Crime Bill - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/GcEzKZA89k
- NI: Newry solicitors to embark on Christmas half-marathon for Women's Aid NI - Irish Legal News https://t.co/qikqiP9WAG
- NI: Inquiry into neurology recall converted to statutory public inquiry - Irish Legal News https://t.co/ru2boFGKoA
- NI: Bangor courthouse comes under community ownership - Irish Legal News https://t.co/aXDI7NXCtd
- As chief rabbi, I can no longer remain silent about the plight of the Uighurs | Ephraim Mirvis https://t.co/F6tfWzVci5
- Forty years after Peter Sutcliffe’s crimes, the police are making the same mistakes - Two new documentaries highlight a failure to listen to women that continues today https://t.co/L54qZEsfsB
- UK backs down on prosecution of social media executives over harmful content - Irish Legal News https://t.co/KIGXkTuqV6
