Edition 3711: 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: The process of appointing two new Supreme Court Justices begins today (Friday 11 February), as applications are invited from candidates to fill the vacancies resulting from the retirement of Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Arden of Heswall.
Here, Lord Reed, President of the UK Supreme Court highlights what the role involves and who will make a suitable candidate.
Focus of the Day Article: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has stepped up its probe of
solicitors who acted for the Post Office during the sub-postmasters’
scandal, it has emerged. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Masterclass in Personal Injury and Medical Negligence Claims Podcast: Funding Claims and Recovering Expenses | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/pMPyTQbQa6
- Keep EU law or face ‘unpredictable consequences’, former GLD chief warns | Law Gazette https://t.co/VHNChuKyLZ
- More money and an 'initial litigation offering' - funding boom goes on - Legal Futures https://t.co/l2M1eWMgw6
- The charges against four men accused over the shooting of black equal rights campaigner Sasha Johnson have been dropped. She was shot in the head during a silent disco in the garden of a house on Consort Road in Peckham, south London, in May last year https://t.co/BJgJ3BiZpz
- High Court makes promptness reminder in benefits uplift ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/n6c4mGPQxR
- Scotland's legal Covid-19 restrictions, including the wearing of face coverings, will end on 21 March. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said people would still be advised to wear masks in shops and on public transport https://t.co/9DdjJ8SSFD
- Leading financial services business lays out plan for ABS - Legal Futures https://t.co/RhK6bs7oVG
- High Court makes promptness reminder in benefits uplift ruling | Law Gazette https://t.co/n6c4mGyf9
- Home Office faces legal action over conditions at women-only detention centre in County Durham https://t.co/IYQEEBLz47
- Sacked law firm receptionist suffered pregnancy discrimination | Law Gazette https://t.co/izbJfm6mVh
- Solicitor Peter Maxfield-Martin overturns disciplinary tribunal's dishonesty finding - Legal Futures https://t.co/JKPXziOTWT
- Nightingale courts bill up to £34m, justice minister reveals | Law Gazette https://t.co/QOdEmOy4
- Three convicted terrorists, including Hashem Abedi who is serving life for 22 murders in the Manchester Arena bombing, have been found guilty of a "vicious attack" on a prison officer https://t.co/62g6Zn15zL
- OnlyFans has been accused of conspiring to blacklist the social media accounts of adult performers working for rival websites https://t.co/iz0xiH7AK
- Councils spend £45m on legal disrepair claims in four years https://t.co/ZBDliqHdua
- The tough-talking jurist who refused a Manhattan prosecutor’s bid last week to coddle an alleged teen robber — sending the punk to jail instead of back on the streets — has a history of passing judgment as she sees fit #US https://t.co/w8P76zbFVb
- High Court overturns tribunal's dishonesty finding | Law Gazette https://t.co/YFKuXEPhXd
- Ministers to reject making misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales - Priti Patel says government will oppose Lords amendment when police, crime, sentencing and courts bill returns to parliament https://t.co/B9qcqhXCD
- Nordic Spotlight: Natalia Rigo Olafsson top notch lawyer and consul of Sweden in Mallorca https://t.co/pcfl0GqeDD
- My legal life: Sam John, Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice, Associate, Cardiff - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/hT8O44PuOs
- #Myanmar junta takes place of Aung San Suu Kyi at Rohingya hearing https://t.co/PLzumNaOux
- Online subscription scams, many using bogus celebrity endorsements, are costing victims tens of millions of pounds a year https://t.co/oERPeJZLj
- First Nations lawyer shakes up Sydney’s oldest law school #Australia https://t.co/jVFpooaNLl
- Peers to run the rule over government’s JR reforms | Law Gazette https://t.co/I8az5iqFrD
- SRA obtains disclosure order in Post Office lawyers investigation - Legal Futures https://t.co/HPZeL8XXJ9
- UK wildlife campaigners call for legal right to access nature for all https://t.co/Ca0ijZ0GUk
- Commercial firm to accept crypto payments | Law Gazette https://t.co/Vqn1Pk1sh
- ‘Golden visa’ lawyers call for UK to rethink blanket ban - Critics say end of scheme risks billions in overseas investment due to myth that ‘foreign money is dirty money’ https://t.co/5jhh6lRikP
- Angel Lynn: Court to review pair's kidnap sentences https://t.co/xVZMVCAnEs
- Government consults on legal direction to restrict Huawei in UK telecoms networks https://t.co/oobgoMyTv3
- Our criminal justice system needs major surgery, not a band aid | Law Gazette https://t.co/Waa3dXnt0w
- Diary of a high street conveyancer; 21st February 2022 https://t.co/LSKk61Kfdc
- Two
police constables and an ex-officer charged with sharing "grossly
offensive" messages with Wayne Couzens have been named by prosecutors https://t.co/ce1gnrxzA5
- Preparing for PII renewal on 1 April - Legal Futures https://t.co/LPNWLq5x9i
- Two women have been arrested on suspicion of assisting or encouraging suicide, following the death of a 60-year-old woman from Cardigan https://t.co/Upj71n97eu
- All Covid restrictions will end in England on Thursday and free mass testing will stop from 1 April https://t.co/Iax2x9M8OW
- Drop Channel 4 privatisation plans, Conservative MPs urge Boris Johnson https://t.co/wM8IbsBUn6
- Todner issues JR proceedings over SRA prosecution | Law Gazette https://t.co/4slWz1Ljyt
