Edition 3734: 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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Focus of the Day Article: Following the news that the UK government proposes increasing criminal legal aid funding by up to £135 million per year south of the border, the Law Society of Scotland has criticised the lack of progress on resolving the legal aid crisis in Scotland as one lawyer said the system can no longer be saved. Full story - Scottish Legal News
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- Northern Ireland launches first-ever adult restorative justice strategy | Irish Legal News https://t.co/V34kk2nvqc
- London lawyers intimidate journalists to protect oligarchs, MPs told | Law Gazette https://t.co/LSfeUWHUls
- Legal eagles: how climate litigation is shaping ambitious cases for nature https://t.co/9FxkPuCjue
- MoJ announced that over five million more people will be eligible for legal aid as a result of proposed means test reforms – however many will be unable to access it due to the dwindling number of providers, the Law Society has warned | Law Gazette https://t.co/JlLcQed37i
- Scottish average property prices rose by nearly 10 per cent in 2021 | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/hkuAryHOAC
- Measures
to criminalise cyber-flashing and give a right to appeal against the
removal of social media posts are among changes the government has
proposed to its Online Harms Bill
https://t.co/5jCQPASRoh
- Far
right ‘mimicking video games to lure middle class children to
terrorism’. Met counter-terror chief says ‘relatively well-educated
children’ being lured by content based on first-person shooter games
https://t.co/YHOZb0Ottq
- 80% of UK police accused of domestic abuse kept jobs, figures show. Experts and campaigners say data is further evidence of misogyny in ranks and poor leadership https://t.co/fT6GL2P5oM
- A Metropolitan Police officer accused of a string of sex offences has been charged with additional offences including rape. David Carrick, of Hertfordshire, has been charged with 12 further offences, bringing the total to 41 https://t.co/wAq2n5Sbxg
- The BBC has paid damages to the former private secretary of Diana, Princess of Wales, for the "harm caused to him" over Martin Bashir's Panorama interview https://t.co/NSIM4iNnHv
- Dechert’s London office hosted ‘cover story’ meetings, court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/PVcIiSbMT3
- Stormont approves bill to strengthen law on sexual offences and trafficking | Irish Legal News https://t.co/znAsOXvcMT
- The BBC has paid damages to the former private secretary of Diana, Princess of Wales, for the "harm caused to him" over Martin Bashir's Panorama interview https://t.co/NSIM4ivMiV
- A #Russian court has extended the detention of US basketball star Brittney Griner for another two months. The 31-year-old has been held in Moscow since February when customs officials allegedly found cannabis oil in her luggage https://t.co/gys8E8dy6z
- P&O Ferries has sacked 800 staff immediately, but some crew are defying orders and refusing to leave their ships in protest. The firm said it was a "tough" decision but it would "not be a viable business" without the changes https://t.co/sinywi477m
- The male owner of a law firm who asked an interviewee whether she had a boyfriend and told her she was beautiful has been fined £20,000 by the tribunal | Law Gazette https://t.co/0LLvW9XS79
- Police strip-searched a 15-year-old black girl at school. When will these abuses end? | Diane Abbott https://t.co/Oi1X9tW7Um
- Digital documents to be 'possessable' under proposed reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/l2U4sBedVl
- UK spies who allegedly passed questions to CIA torturers subject to English law, court rules https://t.co/Wg66Rtl7aA
- Music
experts have given contrasting views over whether Ed Sheeran copied the
work of another singer when he wrote his 2017 single Shape Of You. The
star denies stealing the chorus of Sami Switch's Oh Why for the "oh I,
oh I, oh I" hook of his hit song
https://t.co/UJL22AG6q1
- The
government is to introduce its long-awaited, draconian, Online Safety
Bill in Parliament on Thursday, intended to give voice to right-wing
fascists under the guise of protecting the vulnerable
https://t.co/5jCQPASRoh
- P&O Ferries has paused its services "in preparation for a company announcement" later on Thursday. The ferry operator said it was not going into liquidation but all ferries had been instructed to stay in port https://t.co/sinywhMwfO
- More is expected of partners than ever before | Law Gazette https://t.co/h7KovoZu8v
- Legal aid strike action 'totally unwarranted' now - Raab | Law Gazette https://t.co/u8MAcJ5rbK
- How is a UK debt to Iran connected to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe? https://t.co/ym5i0bRGNA
- MoJ lays out plans to open up and improve criminal legal aid market - Legal Futures https://t.co/sUkDSDBaXG
- Shaping a legal aid system fit for the 21st century | Law Gazette https://t.co/h4kXkj787d
- The Saudi regime just executed 81 people – so why is Boris Johnson cosying up to it? https://t.co/bbhrDo0yD9
- Proposed reforms to residential tenancy eviction rules | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zenf81A4zo
- Extra £135m legal aid cash welcomed but threat of action remains | Law Gazette https://t.co/XZ6RVTFXaO
- Dominic Cummings accuses Boris Johnson of lying in Lebedev row https://t.co/qfPcBLguMA
- Listed funder bullish despite Covid-19 'disruption' | Law Gazette https://t.co/YaKKb7dOI0
- Questionnaire to check chambers are cyber-secure | Law Gazette https://t.co/KP5PutF9Lm
