Edition 3675: 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 rabbi of a US synagogue who was taken hostage on Saturday has described how he threw a chair at the gunman in order to escape. He and two other hostages were then able to get out "without a shot being fired", following a 10-hour siege in Texas. The hostage-taker, named as British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, was shot dead after a stand-off with police.
The rabbi of a US synagogue who was taken hostage on Saturday has described how he threw a chair at the gunman in order to escape. He and two other hostages were then able to get out "without a shot being fired", following a 10-hour siege in Texas. The hostage-taker, named as British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, was shot dead after a stand-off with police.
Focus of the Day Article: Lawyers across Scotland are withdrawing from legal aid schemes due to their continuing dispute with the Scottish government over fees. Solicitors in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and the Borders are not participating in duty solicitor schemes in a move that should cause widespread delays to court proceedings and police interviews. Full story - New Law Journal
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
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- The
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal is currently “crippled”,
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president of the Law Society of #Singapore has urged the legal industry
to modernize, in order to stem the tide of staff resignations from the
profession https://t.co/vwi9lkbVBv
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