22nd June - Law News

Edition 4926: 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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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd and others (Northern Ireland) UKSC/2017/0020 Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of devolution issues to the Supreme Court pursuant to Paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 UKSC/2017/0026 Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of devolution issues to the Supreme Court pursuant to Paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (No 2) UKSC/2017/0066

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter/X feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law firm handling 'sure-fire winners' PPI claims wins £4.2m in High Court battle with former outsourcing partner | Law Gazette
• Assisted dying: Esther Rantzen urges Lords not to block bill
• Lawyers recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list include Suffolk Law Centre founder Audrey Ludwig, and Reed Smith partner and former chair of the Black Solicitors’ Network
• Pepper spray use in youth prisons irresponsible amid racial disparities, watchdog warns. Head of monitoring boards urges justice secretary to suspend rollout of Pava in England and Wales
• Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal blocks reporting of names in SLAPP case | Law Gazette
• ‘It’s life and death’: parents of baby killed at nursery call for mandatory CCTV. Nursery worker would not have been convicted of Genevieve Meehan’s manslaughter without footage, parents say
• City law firms are rallying behind the One Billable Hour campaign, launched by social mobility champions Be the Ladder and law firm Moore Barlow