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Recent diversity figures from the Judicial Appointments (JAC) show there is a serious problem with the appointment of black and minority ethnic lawyers to the bench and underline the need for targeted support and training, the Bar Council has said. The figures reveal: BAME candidates made up 20% of applicants for legal posts but only […]
Following this week’s news that Qatar has been cut off from several gulf nations, and all diplomatic ties, travel links and economic markets have been stripped, the UAE Attorney-General has warned that showing any sympathy for Qatar, whether by social media or any other means, is now punishable by law. Today Dr Hamad Saif Al […]
The Bar Council has recently appointed a new Chief Executive, Malcolm Cree, who will take up the post in August 2017. The Bar Council's appointment of a new Chief Executive was prompted by the outgoing Chief Executive, Stephen Crowne’s, decision to retire later in the year and comes at a time when the organisation has begun […]
Following news last weekend that a small village in Switzerland announced a ban on tourist photography because their village was “too pretty for Instagram,” tourists have begun to flock in by the hundreds, and the ban has been lifted. But was it even a lawful ban, and could tourists actually be fined for taking photos? […]
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has introduced new rules that will enable self-employed barristers to benefit from equal parental leave entitlements provided by chambers, regardless of how their partners use theirs. The proposed rule changes, which were the subject of a BSB consultation that closed in February and are yet to be approved by the […]
Consumer Watchdog recently called on tech companies including Google, Facebook, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, to support amending a key Internet law so websites like Backpage.com that facilitate child sex trafficking can be held accountable by victims and state attorneys general. Consumer Watchdog's call came at the start of what Congress has called "Combatting Trafficking […]
A mass action lawsuit has been filed, under the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act, against Ford Motor Company claiming a defective PowerShift transmission in Ford Focus models from 2012-2015 and Ford Fiesta models from 2011-2015. Currently, there are more than 4,000 past or current owners who have joined the lawsuit. Thousands of Ford Focus and Ford […]
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