Wednesday

27th September - Law News

Edition 4292: 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: Wellbeing is important for everyone at the Bar. In this video, leaders from across the Bar explore some of the issues and challenges the profession faces, as well as potential solutions and ways to get help if you need it.

Focus of the Day Legal News: Law firms often adopt diversity initiatives “because they are fashionable, not because they work”, an academic and diversity specialist has argued. Full story - Legal Futures    

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
  • Smirking Suella trashes 70 years of human rights in 30 minutes - Time to ditch the UN convention, said Braverman, we’d all been far too nice to people fleeing persecution https://shorturl.at/uFMT0
  • Protestors vow to repeat juror campaign outside court | Law Gazette https://t.co/6jrUF8LW5i
  • Donald Trump "repeatedly" misrepresented his wealth - by up to $3.6bn (£3bn) - to banks and insurers, a New York judge has ruled. The decision resolves a key claim made by New York's attorney general in her civil lawsuit against the former president #US https://t.co/ImRcMNMLfg
  • Immigrant, pop star ... and supreme court judge who will decide fate of #Israel’s justice system https://shorturl.at/KMQZ3
  • Home Secretary Suella Braverman is facing criticism after she said the international asylum system was no longer fit for purpose. She said fearing discrimination for being gay or a woman should not be enough to qualify for refugee protection https://t.co/pXHOJQDmvy
  • David Walliams has filed a High Court case against the production company that makes ITV's Britain's Got Talent. The action against FremantleMedia is listed as dealing with data protection. No other details have been given https://t.co/9YRkG4XHt4
  • Fixed costs reforms threaten small firms, concedes government | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/jqEJ5
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Tuesday

26th September - Law News

Edition 4291: 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: Finland is a world leader when it comes to early years education. Childcare is affordable and nursery places are universally available in a system that puts children's rights at the centre of decision-making. Now the country is applying the same child-first thinking to paternity-leave policies in an attempt to tackle gender inequality in parenting. The Guardian's Alexandra Topping travels to Helsinki to find out why the UK pre-school system lags so far behind and whether it really is easier to be a parent in Finland.

Focus of the Day Legal News: Judges have re-affirmed their concerns over juryless trials in a response to the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill. Full story - Scottish Legal News    

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
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