Edition 3698: 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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- The proposed royal commission on the criminal justice system does not have a start date more than two years after it was first announced, peers have heard | Law Gazette https://t.co/1FvLmmnVuT
- A no-fly list for unruly passengers? I have a better – and crueller – idea https://t.co/Siy6bgrw29
- Accounts show the Captain Tom Foundation gave out grants of £160,000 to four charities and paid out more than £162,000 in management costs in its first year https://t.co/hJBnBDF4k7
- Divorcee who showed ‘barefaced contempt’ for court faces jail | Law Gazette https://t.co/F5WzjMow5W
- The UK's terror threat level has been lowered from severe to substantial, meaning a terror attack on British soil is considered "likely" https://t.co/sFEHtxLXSA
- West Virginia students to stage walkout over Christian revival at high school. Students instructed to raise their arms in prayer at event in public school’s auditorium #US https://t.co/RgQRKB70hK
- Court of Appeal: €85,000 award upheld for woman who witnessed aftermath of fatal car accident | Irish Legal News https://t.co/Vc2dHFkpS7
- Metropolitan Police to review No 10 quiz decision after Boris Johnson photo leak https://t.co/43CY8B4TJ
- All
remaining Covid restrictions in England - including the legal rule to
self-isolate - could end later this month, Boris Johnson has said. Under
the current rules, anyone who tests positive must self-isolate for at
least five full days https://t.co/9mMu7YMhZi
- ENRC ‘highly disputes’ allegations in ‘dirty money’ book, High Court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/Bhw9VoQRAS
- #Ireland's Justice Minister Helen McEntee is to be asked why the Courts Service enjoys a private parking arrangement outside Cork’s circuit courthouse building, the Irish Examiner reports | Irish Legal News https://t.co/f4owuPfbS
- Solicitor ‘played to harmful lawyer stereotypes’ with £2.9m costs claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/KEKYzBTHc
- Washington Commanders defensive back Deshazor Everett has been charged with involuntary manslaughter following an investigation into a fatal car crash - His girlfriend, Olivia Peters, died from injuries sustained in a one-car accident on 23 December #US https://t.co/A5sau86CBx
- The Scottish legal system can be a mystery to English lawyers and there are plenty aspects of Scots law which are (understandably) entirely alien to our friends south of the border | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/UHVPueUJxx
- 'We did not panic': minister praises courts backlog progress | Law Gazette https://t.co/GEV7uM8SZY
- Nepalis who made UK’s PPE speak out on claims of abusive working conditions: Glove manufacturer Supermax has repeatedly won NHS contracts during the pandemic, despite claims of forced labour. Now, a group of former workers are seeking justice https://t.co/5KZlPWpMyR
- Investigation has raised fresh doubts about the evidence used to throw thousands of people out of the UK for allegedly cheating in an English language test https://t.co/ZXtnzC6BDp
- JR reforms face tough committee stage in Lords | Law Gazette https://t.co/QGjKTTuMkD
- The University of California has agreed to pay nearly $250m (£185m) to over 200 women who allege they were sexually assaulted by a campus gynaecologist, James Heaps https://t.co/1YHREQDTL4
- Iranian refugees face deportation from Turkey for attending demonstration: Lawyer says refugees, who were protesting against Turkey leaving Istanbul convention on violence against women, are at risk in Iran https://t.co/Bn9fAQv0rK
- Latest MoJ figures reveal continuing legal aid decline | Law Gazette https://t.co/5nLvPh9WTv
- Bristol student tells court she faced ‘intimidation’ from trans rights activists: Raquel Rosario Sánchez launches civil action claiming University of Bristol failed to stop ‘bullying’ https://t.co/uKQCeqwX9
- Listen to prosecuted solicitors for ‘balanced’ view of SRA, says Society | Law Gazette https://t.co/eYGsat6dkY
- Tory
health minister has apologised for continuing with a meeting despite
discovering she had tested positive for Covid. Gillian Keegan said she
found out her result during a visit on Tuesday, after taking a
"precautionary" lateral flow test beforehand https://t.co/5tqtiAseBd
- It would be wrong to think that concerns about the Pegasus spyware from NSO, the Israeli company, are behind us here in the UK, particularly in relation to lawyer confidentiality | Law Gazette https://t.co/lUWnzCJZ7f
- Rebekah Vardy said it was "war" after Coleen Rooney publicly accused her of leaking stories, a court has heard. A trial is due to start in May, and the two-day hearing this week is to decide what evidence can be used when that comes around https://t.co/pft6r3iSxv