Today's rundown:
Australia trade deal
Legal aid focus
No jab, no job policy dilemma for employers
LawTech principles
Australia trade deal
Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce is quoted in a Daily Mail article on the Australia trade deal saying the agreement is a "step in the right direction". The article also quotes trade secretary Liz Truss hailing the deal and saying she wants UK lawyers to be able to practise in Australia without having to undertake requalification.
Legal aid focus
New Law Journal quotes Law Society head of justice Richard Miller in an article looking at the 'lack of trust at the heart of legal aid failures'. He observes it is a "bit strange" to have a system where the Legal Aid Agency makes case-by-case decisions leading to unnecessary red tape.
No jab, no job policy dilemma for employers
Jodie Hill, a member of our employment law committee, spoke with BBC Radio Gloucestershire (from 1:13:55) about the dilemmas employers are now facing about the legality of so-called 'no jab no job' policies.
LawTech principles
Solicitors Journal reports that we have published the outcomes from our LawTech, Ethics and Rule of Law discussion paper, proposing five principles – compliance, lawfulness, capability, transparency and accountability – which will inform LawTech, design and development.
Read our LawTech and ethics principles report
Also worth a read:
- Five killed in Plymouth shooting – Guardian
- Britney Spears: Father will step down as conservator, eventually – BBC
- Covid-19: Wuhan-based lab worker may be patient zero – Independent
- UK sends troops to Afghanistan to evacuate staff from embassies – FT (£)