Edition 3274: 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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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Since June, 18,000 Yazidis have returned home to Sinjar, a significant increase in the rate of return compared to previous months.
More than 300,000 Yezidis fled Sinjar when ISIL (ISIS) took over vast swaths of northern Iraq, committing a genocide against the minority and taking thousands of women into slavery.
Although those returning hope to rebuild their region, many feel they have been excluded from important decisions about the area's governance.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Mastercard judgment ‘lowers bar’ for collective action | Law Gazette https://t.co/EeLaA2WpZZ
- Supreme Court green light for £14bn Mastercard group action | Law Gazette https://t.co/XBt4oX7mIu D
- Forensic accounting firm Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) is to provide pro bono services to the charity Kick It Out, English football’s equality and inclusion organisation | NLJ https://t.co/4MQtt9MBkN
- Black Lives Matter: Driver charged after crashing into New York protest #US https://t.co/BB7RTGKGb
- Ministers have proposed reforms to non-compete clauses and other restrictive employment contracts | NLJ https://t.co/JFDz9vwjt7
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/8AOAfMzSaU
- Five lawtech start-ups have been selected for a three-month pilot at the Lawtech Sandbox | NLJ https://t.co/d7BZBxtkLT
- U-turn on international law breach threat - ‘Eleventh hour change of heart’ on Internal Market Bill welcomed | NLJ https://t.co/raI0LRVf8b
- Newborn baby found dead in Weston-super-Mare garden https://t.co/ubvm6J5Zk3
- Employment, tax and commercial law practices have continued to grow during the COVID-19 pandemic, albeit at a slower rate than in Q1, according to the second LexisNexis Gross Legal Product (GLP) Index, which tracks legal activity levels | NLJ https://t.co/tvquJh0PTV
- #China: Lawyer detained for exposing scale of coronavirus given feeding tube - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/lfQpyNNb0V
- Judicial Institute paper on restarting solemn trials updated - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mPUbo3fD7r
- DLA Piper bolsters UK government affairs practice with appointment of Lord Tyrie - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/edlJxDF7d1
- Burness Paull has been awarded a band one ranking in the first ever fintech guide for Scotland issued by the Chambers and Partners legal directory - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/CTrV7NN7wz
- A "test and dine" pilot has been proposed in Birmingham in a bid to help the struggling hospitality sector https://t.co/kJynCJxobr
- Two Scottish men involved in creating false invoices as part of a £45,000 tax fraud have been given prison sentences - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/QJwwQ3PU84
- Loosening Covid restrictions across the UK over Christmas is a "mistake," a public health expert has said https://t.co/wrHHNaBupn
- Alfred Bourgeois, a man who killed his toddler daughter nearly 20 years ago has become the second #US federal inmate to be executed in as many days https://t.co/K6zBsmvPyc
- Graeme Di Rollo: How to enforce your copyright online – a guide - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ZlQLU4Whm0
- UK government 'has underestimated takeup for #HongKong resettlement scheme' - Survey finds more than 600,000 may want to move to Britain, many within two years of January start date https://t.co/YtHab2ABeM
- Minister threatens headteacher over pre-Christmas online lessons - Letter shows government prepared to use Coronavirus Act to force English secondaries to stay open https://t.co/0x2FkQQEVV
- Anwar
al-Bunni devoted his life to human rights in #Syria. Now in exile in
Germany, he is part of a landmark first prosecution for war crimes
against Bashar al-Assad’s regime https://t.co/1dMUwsqAoX
- #Iran
on Saturday executed Ruhollah Zam, a former opposition figure who had
lived in exile in France and was implicated in anti-government protests,
state television said https://t.co/cFqrXfNmEr
- Shoosmiths has cut 43 roles, including one in Scotland, after finding more efficient ways of working across the business during lockdown - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WBXitk8tda
- Banks 'too often blaming customers' for fraud https://t.co/BUkZMOvXMv
- A
fake game show host tricked two men into being filmed carrying out
naked challenges for the chance to win cash, police have said https://t.co/Lfqd6BfTzd
- Zodiac Killer: Code-breakers solve San Francisco killer's cipher https://t.co/8ZwQb0v7kY
- Call for end to compulsory religious worship in Scottish schools - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dfIyWooHDS
- The Lord Justice General has appointed two new members to the Scottish Sentencing Council to fill the current vacancies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WqG73BM7iB
- #Nigeria-Boko Haram: Prosecutor urges ICC inquiry into war crimes https://t.co/SSVkuvdnzF
- Monkeys could be banned as pets, says government https://t.co/CNUAtsrAvC
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/extByagvsX
- FKA twigs sues Shia LaBeouf for physical, mental and emotional abuse - British musician’s allegations date from when she was in a relationship with the US actor https://t.co/wPMnJgFGpF
- Édouard Louis ‘in very bad way’ after man accused of his rape has charge dropped #France https://t.co/hkvHxg6He
- America's longest-serving marijuana prisoner freed after 31 years - Richard DeLisi, now 71, was sentenced to 90-year prison term in 1989 for marijuana trafficking, as part of era’s ‘war on drugs’ #US https://t.co/zgMPOm11j1
- Death of father at hands of mob casts a dark light on rise in #Malawi rape cases - Police have warned against increased vigilantism after spate of sexual abuse cases https://t.co/Vf9iIDTCoY
- Rule of law fears remain in #Poland despite EU compromise - Compromise on budget payments pushes back a clause that would make some EU funds conditional on rule of law https://t.co/AF2WB4noXp
- UK court increases minimum jail terms of two serial rapists to 40 years - Court of appeal adds 10 years to terms of Joseph McCann and Reynhard Sinaga https://t.co/HYWMV5EMkX
- ICC asks for more evidence on Uighur genocide - Court expected to rule there is still insufficient evidence against #China, but file to be kept open https://t.co/pyt6bmVl4O
- New poll shows wide support in Ireland for human rights - Irish Legal News https://t.co/2dwhmBEZLP
- The Buy Now, Pay Later company Klarna plans to report missed and failed payments to credit reference agencies. Klarna gives customers different ways to pay for items online such as within 30 days or over three instalments https://t.co/RjYn45wpoV
- The #US Supreme Court has rejected an unprecedented attempt to throw out election results in four battleground states that was backed by President Donald Trump https://t.co/YHZed2bznA
- Ireland to join EU law enforcement system - Irish Legal News https://t.co/oxYLOkbBXe
- #Austria's constitutional court has struck down a law prohibiting primary school children from wearing specific religious head coverings https://t.co/YY5OAXy4rw
- A lone Republican senator has blocked a congressional vote to create two new Smithsonian museums dedicated to American women and Latinos #US https://t.co/eDt9FAhXl8
