3rd May - Law News

Edition 5241 LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

Today's Highlighted Video: Director of Public Prosecutions (Appellant) v Chris Durham also called Bouye (deceased) and 2 others (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago) Case ID: JCPC/2023/0007

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

• Global firm Dentons could be forced to return to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) over its vetting of a client inherited from its merger with French firm Salans, following a Court of Appeal decision | New Law Journal
• 'Quintessential Texas trial lawyer' McKool Smith's Sam Baxter retires after 56-year career - The Global Legal Post
• Wiltshire-headquartered law firm announces sudden closure leaving dozens of staff redundant | Law Gazette
• Solicitors would be required to enter into ‘mandatory ethical discussions’ each year, under Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) proposals | New Law Journal
• From 'goli maro' speeches to 'corona jihad': 7 hate speech cases Supreme Court dismissed | Bar & Bench #India
• More fraud litigation is likely to emerge from the private credit market, market corrections due to overvaluation driven by artificial intelligence and the ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence | New Law Journal