18th April - Law News

Edition 4130: 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: Ministers ignored red flags over Covid fraud, says former head of SFO. Sir David Green suggests ‘prudence was thrown out the window’ as UK lost billions of pounds in pandemic business support. Full story - Guardian Law

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine. He was found guilty of treason, spreading "false" information about the Russian army and being affiliated with an "undesirable organisation”, charges which he denied. A Russian-British former journalist and politician, he is the latest of several of President Putin’s opponents to have been arrested or forced to flee Russia. Mr Kara-Murza's 25-year sentence was the maximum sought by prosecutors and is the longest sentence an opposition figure has received since the war in Ukraine began.

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

• #Netherlands to broaden euthanasia rules to cover children of all ages - New regulations will apply to those aged one to 12 who suffer unbearably and have no hope of improvement https://shorturl.at/szXZ8
  
• Weekly Round-Up: defining "sex", facial recognition, and Windrush recommendations - UK Human Rights Blog https://tinyurl.com/2ykc9aam
  
• Nearly two-thirds of lawyers believe access to justice has worsened over the last decade - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/hBJS4
  
• Covid and Free Speech in the High Court - UK Human Rights Blog https://shorturl.at/fuwHV
  
• 'Very hard, but doable': Legal Cheek readers have their say on the SQE - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/bcfy1
  
• Call for urgent review of Aintree horse deaths after Grand National protest - RSPCA wants investigation of three deaths at festival, as police say 118 were arrested after demonstrators stormed racecourse https://tinyurl.com/3trevfhc
  
• Windrush scandal victims are still facing long waits and inadequate offers of compensation, according to a new report by a global human rights group. Human Rights Watch said the Home Office-run compensation scheme should be handed to an independent body https://shorturl.at/mKQTW
  
• The building of all new smart motorways is being cancelled over cost and safety concerns, the government has announced. Some 14 planned schemes, including 11 already on pause and three set for construction, will be scrapped https://shorturl.at/cjrw0
  
• ‘Stop or I’ll fire you’: the driver who defied Uber’s automated HR - Alexandru Iftimie received apology from tech giant after investigating data behind his supposed fraud https://shorturl.at/fBGV8
  
• Labour glitch put voting intentions data of millions at risk: experts say sensitive information could potentially have been harvested and used for targeted election interference https://shorturl.at/tGN24