16th April - Law News

Edition 4128: 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: Former UK prime minister Sir John Major questioned by Oxford university students

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 feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• 'Defenders of the defenders' face more violence in Colombia | Law Gazette shorturl.at/eyINX
  
• First hands-free self-driving system approved for British motorways shorturl.at/vFOP3
  
• Police arrested 118 people over disruption to the Grand National that saw animal rights activists delay the start of the race by getting on to the course at Aintree shorturl.at/uGIX2
  
• The barriers to the use of technology when delivering legal services have been highlighted in a report published this month by LawtechUK, a government-backed technology initiative | NLJ https://t.co/Dr7dy9dNaz
  
• More judges want to quit before retirement, official survey shows | Law Gazette shorturl.at/kquO4
  
• Stakeknife: Who was Army's IRA spy Freddie Scappaticci? shorturl.at/szY04
  
• #France pension reforms: Macron signs pension age rise to 64 into law shorturl.at/fopC1
  
• The SNP's ruling body has ordered a review of transparency and governance with "external input" which could include forensic auditors shorturl.at/jmBK0
  
• Peter Gray KC to run London Marathon in aid of Young Epilepsy | Scottish Legal News shorturl.at/cjzH8
  
• Shaun Slator, a councillor who said it was "more likely" a rape victim was a prostitute whose "punter... didn't pay" has been expelled from the Conservative Party shorturl.at/cjEZ1