Edition 4061: 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 Law News/Article: The head of the Crown Prosecution Service and bar chiefs have secured extra cash from HM Treasury to restore parity in fees between prosecution and defence barristers – prompting calls for the chancellor of the exchequer to do the same for solicitors. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
Today's Highlighted Video Story: As Europe’s most infamous migrant camp burned to the ground on the island of Lesbos in 2020, two Syrian friends evaded police to stay. Living in a post-apocalyptic graveyard, Ayham and Khalil now race against local scrap metal collectors to find what they can, which they are forced to sell at a reduced price. With what little money they make they buy food and cook together, dreaming of Aleppo before the civil war forced them to leave and waiting for an end to their bureaucratic limbo. From their shared tent their friendship endures, despite their impossible circumstances
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Focus on real-life not high concepts, consumer watchdog tells regulator | Law Gazette https://t.co/wjfTJkdL7L
- The Gareth Thomas case proves it: no one wins when an HIV transmission fight goes to court https://t.co/kDGXuYhYtw
- Lidl
accuses Tesco of ‘deception’ in legal dispute over yellow circle logo -
German discounter claims its rival has infringed its trademark by using
design for Clubcard promotions https://t.co/x16nr3tWli
- Top law firms invest in content marketing “which does not work” - Legal Futures https://t.co/EX8cvzwKO
- Tribunal 'wrong to strike out judge's grievance claims' | Law Gazette https://t.co/8Fa3fWzqGC
- Owners of 53,000 properties still unknown | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZGb9shSt5f
- Defendants of colour more likely to be charged than white people, finds CPS study - Mixed ethnicity suspects in England and Wales charged 10 percentage points higher than rate of white counterparts for similar offences https://t.co/UQDHjoP0YA
- Leading PI firm pays tribute to 'wonderfully kind' solicitor | Law Gazette https://t.co/9qcsqwbP6z
- LeO has 22 ongoing enforcement actions against lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/UTNDBmJFsc
- We have done 'huge amount' to support welfare of judges, LCJ insists | Law Gazette https://t.co/sJz2fzwTHb
- Parliament’s part in the C of E’s rifts on equality for women and gay people https://t.co/rQ2848Zzox
- The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said it is opposed to Microsoft's planned purchase of games developer Activision Blizzard https://t.co/Ac6o3xm2y
- The Northern Ireland Protocol is lawful, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. Part of the Brexit deal, the protocol creates a trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK https://t.co/mByUWqr7V
- Global firm sees off £400,000 fees challenge in High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/OjP9qikC8
- Mediators ready for compulsion as caseload tops pre-Covid level - Legal Futures https://t.co/fRS5IUCaDC
- We weren’t going to spend £700m on Quindell, ex-SG directors tell court: | Law Gazette https://t.co/ZL4708PwJ
- Removing undergarment, forcing girl to lie on ground would amount to rape: Calcutta High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/YIu0iwlpd
- The
head teacher of Epsom College made a distressed call to a relative
before she and her daughter were shot dead by her husband - George
Pattison is believed to have killed Emma Pattison and Lettie, seven https://t.co/ivbPm9Mq5M
- Controversial HS2 rail line builder has underestimated its impact on habitats and wildlife, according to a coalition of wildlife charities: the methodology used to calculate the impact on biodiversity of the project was "fundamentally flawed" https://t.co/nkzJ4qdQFC
- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be questioned as part of a #US defamation case brought by Meghan's half-sister. Samantha Markle is suing Meghan for "defamation and injurious falsehoods" following the couple's interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021 https://t.co/qlrJTLygay
- Strike-off for solicitor whose fake PI claim “shattered public trust” - Legal Futures https://t.co/1d3zUFpvpr
- Women in the UK: share your experience of being subjected to online misogyny https://t.co/EJG8xIint
- Five lawyers part of Central government panel set up to assess need for separate law on competition in digital markets | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/amApS91njs
- From demands about avocado rotation to staff in tears, working for the Tories can be perilous https://t.co/i24JbKGlh
- Suella Braverman’s Rwanda flight ‘dream’ could happen this year, sources say - Home secretary reportedly believes European court of human rights will rule on policy by end of 2023 https://t.co/jnwR9qFfi
- McDonald's manager 'exposed himself in front of me' https://t.co/t2ob3NyRuH
- SNP MP Stewart McDonald's emails hacked by Russian group https://t.co/ef0JBeAZz
- The House of Lords has overturned plans to clamp down on protest marches that cause too much disruption. The government had proposed giving police powers to stop protesters using tactics such as blocking roads https://t.co/jSHW03JVZ
- A 53-year-old man has been charged following the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl who was later found in the Scottish Borders https://t.co/NsAkQlyYU9
- Consent review – a horribly timeless tale of male sexual violence https://t.co/XqpEp3YbOn
- As the detective who inspired TV’s Prime Suspect, I know this: the misogyny of David Carrick lives on https://t.co/TTv7Lm22x
- Taking exception to the REUL | Law Gazette https://t.co/nCdxMm1Flt
- Trump porn star payment a ‘zombie case’ that wouldn’t die, ex-prosecutor says in book - Mark Pomerantz writes of frustration of attempt to make hush money to Stormy Daniels a money-laundering case #US https://t.co/TPKEynjzSJ
- Insulate Britain protester faces prison over contempt of court conviction - David Nixon defied judge’s instruction not to cite climate crisis as motivation for causing public nuisance https://t.co/Ca8m0qGQme
