Edition 3649: 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: More than 100,000 families in the private rental sector in England are at risk of losing their homes after falling behind on rent or being served with an eviction notice, according to a YouGov survey obtained exclusively by Channel 4 News.
The research, commissioned by housing charity Shelter, lays bare the precarious situation facing many across the country as the rising cost of living pushes household budgets to breaking point.
Focus of the Day Story: Next year’s crime contracts are critical to the survival of the criminal defence sector, a senior legal chief has told a meeting to discuss the findings of the government-commissioned legal aid review. | The Law Society Gazette
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Drop in legal aid spending highlights crisis in the sector - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/mRAsatBp6w
- Information handbook on collective redundancies published | Irish Legal News https://t.co/VVJ1LWDskA
- BTAS beefs up sanctions for sexual misconduct further still - Legal Futures https://t.co/CpycqjHOQ5
- Data watchdog consults on its regulation style | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZTJoolMGKt
- ‘Foreign criminals’ are just an excuse: the Tories are trying to take away rights from all of us https://t.co/27tELNFtH7
- Convictions quashed for men who drove dinghies across Channel https://t.co/2xcgm5CkIp
- #HongKong memorial to Tiananmen victims may be imminently removed: Hong Kong University ordered the removal of the statue Pillar of Shame from its campus in October https://t.co/YkOuLeSwNy
- Hotel Rwanda hero to terrorist ‘show trial’: Paul Rusesabagina’s daughters on the fight for his freedom https://t.co/znxnMLB8M1
- Former MoJ chief gets £250,000 ‘exit package’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/tdLXLToQ3z
- Green cards, cannabis and a strip club: JCB heir in US legal battle: Civil case puts business dealings of Jo Bamford under spotlight as well as alleged family tensions https://t.co/SHYqAp49Z5
- Senior CPS barrister was victim of disability discrimination - Legal Futures https://t.co/3JjLIHqWCw
- A man has been jailed for causing the death of his daughter who he threw into a cot more than 20 years ago. Maisie Newell was four weeks old when she suffered head injuries as a result of being thrown, in Edgware, London, in August 2000 https://t.co/oCZvUnlC6F
- Galvin Donegan LLP formed from merger of three historic Cork firms | Irish Legal News https://t.co/AyGgO4wuFU
- Supreme Court rejects barrister’s contempt of Supreme Court appeal - Legal Futures https://t.co/md24W5oPqk
- Practitioners reminded to wear face masks in court | Law Gazette https://t.co/OwpER1awYP
- Seven in ten legal sector workers suffer from poor mental health - Legal Futures https://t.co/7wMBbmlozA
- City firm faces retrial of successful fees claim over pleadings failure - Legal Futures https://t.co/41NEEH0Gek
- Jacob Rees-Mogg cleared of breaking MP rules over loans - Between 2018 and 2020, Mr Rees-Mogg borrowed up to £2.94m a year in director's loans from Saliston Ltd, a UK-based property company he owned https://t.co/gPyXaa4QQk
- Northern Ireland's nightclubs will have to close on 27 December as fresh restrictions are imposed to tackle the Omicron Covid variant https://t.co/HDRejun8cV
- CPS admits discriminating against barrister but cleared of harassment | Law Gazette https://t.co/xaUaEtN48w
- Groups
of no more than six people will be allowed to meet in pubs, cinemas and
restaurants in Wales from 26 December, the first minister has said https://t.co/5vXJTLXjzc
- Direct access business goes bust "leaving clients out out pocket" - Legal Futures https://t.co/TTCgtA5G6w
- Man accused of Chris Whitty assault contests charges in dressing gown - Jonathan Chew, charged with putting chief medical officer in headlock, defended himself by video link after lawyer withdrew in embarrassment https://t.co/483CwfJrpe
- Judges who 'sit up' in higher courts win claim for extra pay - Legal Futures https://t.co/njIxvFBt9j
- Asylum
seekers in PM’s constituency claim accommodation ‘not fit to live in’ -
Residents begged Boris Johnson for help after no improvements made to
rundown flats in Uxbridge and South Ruislip https://t.co/GiQnaWQ4fO
- Not a way to regulate lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZDiRLfL46H
- Calls for femicide to become separate crime in Greece mount as two more women killed #Greece https://t.co/vXeZqcWXDY
- Proposals to reform Northern Ireland policing oversight bodies out for consultation | Irish Legal News https://t.co/iivdtT12vV
- EU
working to amend genocide denial law that is blamed for Bosnia crisis:
Officials privately accept legislation to counter Serb efforts to deny
scope of 1995 Srebrenica massacre risks reigniting regional conflict https://t.co/O2NKgBxCx5
- Covid self-isolation cut to seven days with negative test in England https://t.co/YwCSvYeJf4
- Law Society cautions against change which risks higher legal bills for consumers - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/BDdiwxmT64
- A web page and a Facebook post by Arsenal football club promoting crypto-based fan tokens broke advertising rules, a watchdog has ruled. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) argued the club had "failed to illustrate the risk of the investment" https://t.co/uEml5hHZru
- Absolute failure: direct access bar service goes under | Law Gazette https://t.co/JXYsaWMKTV
- Campaigners lose court action over lawfulness of UK climate policies https://t.co/e1wlKJdsXw
- Canadian judge rules unvaccinated jurors can be excluded from criminal trial - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/P449rWIEtK
- Barrister who sued after colleague asked him to stop farting loses case - Lawyer said flatulence was caused by heart medication and argued the request violated his dignity https://t.co/GvwPwuqGbn
