London Legal Walk
Law Society president Nick Emmerson is mentioned in a Gazette piece about aiming to raise more than £1m from this year’s London Legal Walk.
India opening up legal services sector
The Law Society, the Bar Council of England and Wales and the Bar Council of India signing an agreement last June to cooperate more as India opens up the provision of legal services to foreign lawyers is mentioned in a Times (£) piece.
UK firms in Saudi Arabia
Global Legal Post mentions Law Society’s comments on Saudi Arabia’s law, the kingdom’s Code of Law Practice, that came into effect last year and means foreign law firms can no longer operate there through an association with a local firm and now need a licence granted by the Saudi Ministry of Justice.
Also worth a read:
- A former post office operator comes forward – Guardian
- Post Office plan to sack Horizon IT reviewer kept secret, documents reveal – BBC
- A head of the ECtHR says countries have a legal obligation to follow its injunctions – BBC
- Comment piece on SRA fine for drink-driving – Gazette
- ONS figures show proportion of married people in England and Wales fallen below 50% for the first time – Guardian
- The government has announced an early legal advice pilot for separating couples – Legal Futures
- Idris Elba speaks about knife crime in light of new government scheme - BBC