Edition 3676: 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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A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944
A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944
Focus of the Day Article: A heavyweight City solicitor and leading Welsh in-house lawyer have been named as new members of what is now the smallest-ever board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Lisa Mayhew, co-chair of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, joined the board on 1 January, while Nicola Williams is legal and compliance director and company secretary of Welsh Water and will join the board in September. Full story - New Law Journal
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Two teenagers arrested in England as part of the investigation into a hostage-taking at a synagogue in Texas have been released without charge, police say https://t.co/IFymD8TDbK
- Conveyancers told to 'get ready' for fee increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/B4G6cPKRX
- Staff in Priti Patel’s department had drinks and snacks to celebrate a Home Office policy leading the six o’clock news in March 2021 https://t.co/BYqrJfTwD5
- Witness willing to testify she saw Prince Andrew with a ‘young girl’ at London nightclub - Virginia Giuffre’s lawyers seek her statement to counter the royal’s insistence he has never met their client or visited the club https://t.co/yn1U2cqcOG
- Scotland's Covid-19 restrictions are to be eased, with nightclubs reopening, large indoor events resuming and social distancing rules dropped. The changes will take effect from Monday 24 January https://t.co/8WbmJ1c2b
- Mastercard would gain £180m a year as group action members die, CAT hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/zAE9lRLA9V
- Fate
of Nazi-looted Pissarro to be decided by #US supreme court - The legal
battle over the painting, in the hands of a Madrid museum, has spanned
more than 15
years https://www.theguardian.com/
- Second government cash boost for family mediation | Law Gazette https://t.co/AgYWGE1KMM
- ‘Kill the bill’ protests: new legislation is proportionate, says Buckland: Former justice secretary defends police and crime bill as it reaches final stages in parliament https://t.co/2viNIJSMO
- Judge demands costs security from ‘Dr Bitcoin’ company | Law Gazette https://t.co/CE6V4aWIi6
- Lawyer of the Month: As one of Scotland’s busiest trial counsel, Thomas Leonard Ross QC is well-known for passionately fighting for justice – in the courtroom and out of it | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/WeDRIlkt1G
- Arron Banks may have been ‘used and exploited’ by Russia, court hears: Journalist Carole Cadwalladr gives evidence as she defends her reporting on multimillionaire Brexit backer https://t.co/ni0BKPVNEy
- Government breached duty over solicitor-judge's disability struggles | Law Gazette https://t.co/ozPW7jEV2o
- Boris Johnson has "categorically" denied he was warned a drinks party in the No 10 garden risked breaking lockdown rules https://t.co/UH8La9bzsE
- EY Law to increase Irish headcount to 50 within three years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/YO43zo5fAZ
- Law school extends ‘money back’ offer to jobless graduates | Law Gazette https://t.co/YrP4PzxjYq
- Event: Edinburgh Law School to launch new alumni engagement programme | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/x0drTcAcu
- Whiplash portal bosses want to know why LiPs aren’t using it | Law Gazette https://t.co/rm2qeJ9w74
- Djokovic case exposes ‘dysfunctional and dangerous’ #Australian visa rules, experts say https://t.co/EI0n6WrZOD
- Academics defend human rights expert Colin Harvey after abuse | Irish Legal News https://t.co/WOm5ZHGf7l
- Crime bill: The government has suffered a series of defeats in the House of Lords over its plans to clamp down on disruptive and noisy protesters https://t.co/MV7gykZUKc
- Man seeks to change name to ‘Kill the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill’: Nick Newman applies to high court to change name in protest at legislation going through parliament https://t.co/HtVkPZggRN
- Fraud trio who conspired against employer ordered to repay almost £6m | Law Gazette https://t.co/ObDOYuKTY
- Charge against Frank Lampard of using phone while driving dropped https://t.co/QoiULiDi6F
- Law Society invites nominations for Cupar, Dunfermline and Kircaldy Council members | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/TDVXf3tO54
- My legal life: Saadiya Ahmad, UEL Legal Advice Centre - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/Tq9TjbjHTA
- A disabled woman is calling for greater understanding of female safety after she "begged" a bus driver to let her travel home when her pass did not work https://t.co/BzJaqGH3Mu
- Legal Twitter, can you help? | Law Gazette https://t.co/7SaeiI3Xre
- More MI5 alerts to come to counter foreign interference https://t.co/mjBL8mfa7Y
- David
Strang has been named as the new chair of the Drug Deaths Taskforce. He
is a former chief constable who previously chaired the independent
inquiry into mental health services in Tayside | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KxygzE9YCX
- No action will be taken against transgender activists who targeted author JK Rowling, police have said. The Harry Potter author complained to police after campaigners posted a photo of her Edinburgh home on Twitter https://t.co/ZHziEZeS83
- Best of the blogs - 15 January 2022 | Law Gazette https://t.co/BVTHdt3u8b
- The government has suffered a defeat in the House of Lords as peers voted to make misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales. The move would enable judges to impose stronger penalties if prejudice against women is proved to be the motivation https://t.co/MV7gykZUKc
