11th November - Law News

Edition 4337: 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:  Black Talent in the Legal Profession: Tackling Barriers and Creating Pathways

 

 

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Judge sets new deadlines that could delay Trump’s classified documents trial. Judge Aileen Cannon pushes back several major deadlines for ex-president to file pre-trial motions in positive move for him #US 
  

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• Two pro bono charities have launched the UK’s first pro bono litigation support service, Pro Bono Expert Support (PBES), as the profession marked Pro Bono Week (6-10 November) | New Law Journal https://t.co/Wetjr13Q6a
• March highlighting #Israel's brutal killing of 10,000 people in Palestine will be one of UK’s biggest ever protests, organisers predict. Police to put tight controls on protesters’ movements with hundreds of thousands expected at event on Armistice Day https://tinyurl.com/2jpzekz5
  
• Solicitors Regulation Authority appeals £5,000 costs order by Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/BWTj7KYANQ
  
• A head teacher is warning that illegal vaping could kill a child, after the collapse of a 12-year-old pupil who had used a vape containing spice - an illegal synthetic drug https://tinyurl.com/y3yh3cuc
• Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages over fossil fuel protest in North Sea https://tinyurl.com/448tv9bk
  
• Edinburgh is set to become the first city in Scotland to completely ban cars from parking on the pavement. Under plans drawn up by the city council, drivers who mount the kerb will face a £100 fine https://tinyurl.com/yc6dxc9h
  

10th November - Law News

Edition 4336: 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:  Commissioners for HMRC (Appellant) v Vermilion Holdings Ltd (Respondent) (Scotland)

Focus of the Day Legal News: Legal profession welcomes bill set to underscore London as leading arbitration hub. Bill implementing reform to Arbitration Act 1996 praised by arbitration professionals, but Bar Council hits back over underfunding of court system. Full story - The Global Legal Post  

 

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• With bursting jails and Europe’s longest sentences, the last thing the UK needs is more rightwing ‘reforms’ https://tinyurl.com/vu9ffh2v
• Barrister has suspension halved in High Court sanctions appeal | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/myswy495
• Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has refused to back Suella Braverman's claims about police bias, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces calls to sack her. Mr Hunt said the home secretary's comments in a Times article "are not words that I myself would have used" https://tinyurl.com/2tcztuxw
  
• CILEX members declare 'no confidence' in representative body after requesting SGM on SRA takeover | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3xux682f
  
• Expert witnesses and costs lawyers join pro bono support scheme - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/4v9mhe5p
• Prosecutor suspended after 'pursuing romantic interest' in defendant | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/5ddynes2
  
• Judicial Appointments Commission 'regarded as a joke', solicitor candidate tells employment tribunal | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/bdan59aw