Edition 4065: 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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Focus of the Day Law News/Article: Lawyers have expressed dismay at a legislative change that reverses Ho v Adelekun on costs recovery under the qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) scheme, allowing the defendant to recover more costs from settlements as well as damages. Full story New Law Journal
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Interpol is experimenting with metaverse technology to research threats and provide officers with remote training. It also has plans to use it as an investigatory tool. The force’s role is to connect police forces across international borders to fight threats such as organised crime, terrorism and cyber-crime. Madam Oberi, executive director of technology and innovation at Interpol, said threats on the metaverse could be on “existing media” and some could be new to the technology.
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