Edition 4016: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law,
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Season's Greetings to all readers!
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Thousands of supporters of the main opposition party in India have reached the capital New Delhi.
They have been walking for more than three months to unite the country and are planning to continue until February.
Among them is Rahul Gandhi, a former party president and the great-grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, the country's first Prime Minister.
Some critics say the demonstration is a desperate move that is unlikely to gain any new support for the Congress Party.
But why now?
- Apology to Ms Bronwyn O’Donnell - Conrad McQuaid -v- Briege McQuaid and Patrick Mallon [2022] NICh 18 | Irish Legal News https://t.co/ZrmZyEZbyR
- Brexit: High Court rules UK’s EU settlement scheme could create illegal migrants | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/YoLgU0pYHk
- Law centre urges government to put energy poverty plan on statutory basis | Irish Legal News https://t.co/g80hLEwj0g
- Government reforms on legal regulation ‘good news for consumers and Scottish legal sector’ | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/K01Sn5zt5o
- Paul McGarry SC elected president of Arbitration Ireland | Irish Legal News https://t.co/SCvSfaR8Md
- SnapDragon Monitoring appoints Ewan McIntyre as first general counsel | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DOnfyA446x
- Richard Gray: Private equity to fuel mergers and acquisitions activity in Northern Ireland next year | Irish Legal News https://t.co/yuPC4wuGb2
- Train strikes: Passengers braced for Christmas Eve disruption https://t.co/Yy6w5LS2oB
- Rapper
Tory Lanez found guilty of shooting fellow star Megan Thee Stallion in
2020. A jury in Los Angeles convicted the 30-year-old Canadian of felony
negligent discharge of a firearm, assault with a semi-automatic
firearm, and other charges #US https://t.co/yuBQRx1CXO
- Leading
human rights activist Narges Mohammadi from #Iran has written from
prison to give details of how women detained in recent anti-government
protests are being sexually and physically abused https://t.co/RHWaTDDH19
- Windrush 'Lessons Learned' review appears doomed to fail | Law Gazette https://t.co/EvU1BPZ0NF
- Scotland’s only open prison underused, report finds | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/EuSsoaqPHi
- Close
relatives of Zara Aleena have been "completely destroyed" by her
murder, her aunt has said. Six months after the law graduate's death in
east London, Farah Naz said they "don't feel well, physically,
emotionally" and were "constantly tormented" https://t.co/6Fpz1mYRiK
- Target
date for cleaning up waterways in England is moved back by 36 years -
Environment Agency under fire for extending schedule for tackling
pollution in rivers, lakes and coastal waters to 2063 https://t.co/dzManluGJb
- A
gunman with possible racist motive has opened fire in central Paris,
killing three people and wounding three others. The attacker targeted a
Kurdish cultural centre #France
https://t.co/uHpB319WZ8
- Film
studio Universal can be sued for false advertising after fans
complained a movie trailer was misleading, a #US judge has ruled
https://t.co/Vjvawitv50
- Oldham police crash: Tribute paid to Heather Smedley who was killed by an unmarked police car
https://t.co/kW1azxUUWO
- Police widow pension scheme survives human rights challenge | Law Gazette https://t.co/5PUonQR7It
- Northern
Ireland’s High Court has quashed a decision by the UK government not to
establish a public inquiry into the 1998 murder of Belfast solicitor
Pat Finucane | Irish Legal News https://t.co/TZpW6U9595
- 'Wholly mistaken': judge's adverse findings on non-party set aside | Law Gazette https://t.co/76lZ2dIDwM
- Stellar performer Macfarlanes pays top earner £3.8m | Law Gazette https://t.co/SrLs07unoB
- Abysmal
and incompetent MoJ mistakenly sent intimate details of victim’s
anguish to her stalker. Rhianon Bragg of north Wales fears her
ex-partner will soon be freed and has been given more ‘ammunition’ https://t.co/jIpRVYZA2I
- A
French serial killer known as The Serpent, convicted of several tourist
murders in Asia in the 1970s, has been released from a #Nepalese prison
https://t.co/hiVVV1SYt9
- Contempt case against PI claimant given green light by court | Law Gazette https://t.co/RhoCsKe1YB
- Sunak
government threatens to block Scottish gender recognition law: UK
ministers considering ‘nuclear option’ after MSPs overwhelmingly back
bill on transgender rights https://t.co/G4i69EZi2U
- Go-ahead for multi-billion pound Brazil dam claim - in 2024 | Law Gazette https://t.co/6o8O0dA7nK
- Parents
in Wales lose legal fight against ‘woke’ sex eduation in primary
schools. Judge at Cardiff hearing rejects families’ complaint, saying
relationships curriculum does not advocate any one gender identity https://t.co/yuKxoqi2kt
- A
lawyer who specialises in defending solicitors before the tribunal
explains why the SRA’s new fining powers could upset the delicate
balance between regulation and discipline | Law Gazette https://t.co/hwBRAO56dB
- Hecklers interrupt passing of Scottish gender recognition bill – video https://t.co/8L6zsmsYTR
- Magistrate sacked for public campaigning over Covid response | Law Gazette https://t.co/hhNLlrc3dS
- Rishi
Sunak has appointed veteran banker Sir Laurie Magnus as his new adviser
on ministerial behaviour. The prime minister has been facing pressure
to fill the role, which has been empty since the previous holder quit
six months ago https://t.co/81MGeWPJ8U
