Edition 3847: 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: US basketball player Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty in a Russian court to drugs charges that could see her jailed for 10 years.
Focus of the Day Article: The Law Commission’s corporate criminal liability reform: what you need to know. Proposals seek balance between reform of archaic rules and need not to overburden corporations. Full story - The Global Legal Post
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- A man was murdered in his own home after being set up by three women in a "honeytrap", a court heard. Vishal Gohel, 44, was found dead with gaffer tape on his face at his flat in High Street, Bushey, Hertfordshire, in January https://t.co/CWIyr3OcGI
- A woman who fatally wounded a man but claimed she did not mean to kill him has been jailed for at least 16 years. Stephanie Bowie stabbed 21-year-old Darren Russell twice in the chest outside a restaurant in Erskine, Renfrewshire, on New Year's Day 2021 https://t.co/jLnmd79Uf
- A
woman who took about 150 theory and practical tests for other drivers
has been jailed for eight months. Inderjeet Kaur, 29, of Llanelli,
Carmarthenshire, admitted taking the tests between 2018 and 2020 https://t.co/jQtB153uOE
- Partner profits up 16% at Pinsents | Law Gazette https://t.co/Fv5Tkslvw
- Ithaka review – emotional look at absent Julian Assange’s legal troubles https://t.co/pYrHjDgZt3
- Knights sheds conveyancing business to Scottish incomer | Law Gazette https://t.co/2y4akljHi2
- Outrage as boys moved from Western Australian juvenile detention centre to maximum security adult prison #Australia https://t.co/jcCOfa2grf
- US basketball player Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug charges in a #Russian court but has denied deliberately breaking the law https://t.co/TYniU8cz0T
- Scottish firm targets major expansion after first English acquisition - Legal Futures https://t.co/HDi2KjYy4
- A senior HSBC executive who accused central bankers and officials of exaggerating the financial risks of climate change has resigned https://t.co/VMM84fOgNw
- Some aspects of overturning Roe v Wade for bars and lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/H6plP8gZs6
- Shailesh Vara, the former justice minister is the new Northern Ireland secretary https://t.co/vk2aLySNle
- Three Wimbledon security guards arrested after alleged fight on grounds https://t.co/lJbScU8LKs
- The government has accused the criminal bar of ‘threatening’ to delay justice as it doubled down on its controversial legal aid offer | Law Gazette https://t.co/BQe7WGNd6K
- What does 21st century client service mean to the client? - Legal Futures https://t.co/4PkMETbReB
- Boris Johnson admits to private meeting with ex-KGB agent - Meeting with Alexander Lebedev in 2018 when Johnson was foreign secretary occurred during ‘weekend-long party’ in Italy https://t.co/7byiDl6kn9
- New litigation funder targets “niche within a niche” - Legal Futures https://t.co/fmXNe9hmyx
- An LGBT activist has been removed from a tribunal which is due to hear an appeal by a school worker who was sacked after claiming pupils being taught that ‘gender is a matter of choice’ amounted to ‘brainwashing’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/kq15OnabyX
- Further allegations of sexual assault have been made against former deputy chief whip and MP Chris Pincher. Conservative councillor Daniel Cook told Channel 4 News that Mr Pincher, who has been suspended as a Tory MP, had groped him in 2005 and 2006 https://t.co/6UdRdyWpdM
- Frenkel Topping raises £10m to boost injury market consolidation - Legal Futures https://t.co/O7OQifPcE
- Boris Johnson is to stand down as Conservative Party leader after losing the support of his ministers and MPs. A Tory leadership contest will take place this summer and a new prime minister will be in place in time for the party conference in October https://t.co/CI8bMpOH0S
- Peter
Dennehy BL has been appointed to the Council of the Pharmaceutical
Society of Ireland for a four-year term | Irish Legal News https://t.co/3GTkECoQK0
- MoJ could be sued over refusal to backdate legal aid fee increase | Law Gazette https://t.co/VePCTe0kjt
- Barrister settles whistleblower claim against Foreign Office for £423k - Legal Futures https://t.co/ip4H40Hylb
- Apple has announced a new security feature to protect high-risk users from spyware cyber-attacks. Lockdown Mode will be available in the autumn with the next operating system across all of the company's iPhones, iPads and Macs https://t.co/b1Dz9BPXmu
- Belfast solicitor Shannon Gawley joins EYBA executive committee | Irish Legal News https://t.co/bIdNfAHS9u
- The man who shot and killed Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle minutes after a brief argument in 2019 has been found guilty of murdering the rising artist https://t.co/aaTGo5vu
- Court of Appeal: Receiver not entitled to interlocutory injunction removing elderly couple from rented property | Irish Legal News https://t.co/HKisNf7hG
- A man accused of opening fire on a Fourth of July parade near Chicago contemplated a second attack after the deadly shooting, authorities say #US https://t.co/til7F1M6wc
- Rebrand Announcement – ILRS is now LQSI | Irish Legal News https://t.co/hNq835fFIk
