18th August - Law News

Edition 5349: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights and Social Justice related issues since 2011.

Today's Highlighted Video: Rubis Bahamas Ltd (Appellant) v Lillian Antoinette Russell (Respondent) (The Bahamas) Case ID: JCPC/2024/0031

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

• The profession can play a greater role in improving access to justice - Legal Futures
• The announcement that far-right party Reform UK would cut Personal Independence Payment to Disabled people, is not just a threat to remove a lifeline but a signal that they don’t consider the disabled to be equal citizens
• Northern Ireland law society to hold special meeting over chief exec’s character reference for paedophile cousin - The Global Legal Post
• King Charles and Prince William face £10m energy upgrade bill for estates. New rules could affect nine in 10 rental properties in duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster and at Sandringham
• Rebuke for solicitor "who relied on memory, not records" - Legal Futures
• County court's costs ruling ‘would blow the small claims track to bits’, Court of Appeal judge rule | Law Gazette

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