20th April - Law News

Edition 4132: 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: Climate-related issues may be “valid considerations” for law firms in deciding whether to act for potential clients, the Law Society has said. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Back home in Vanuatu, it's expected for community members to lend a hand wherever it's needed in the village. In Stawell, when Junior Issachar and his friends are not working at the town's meatworks, they are out in the community visiting elderly residents and people living with disabilities, with one aim — to serve. 

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

• Doctor's death due to AstraZeneca Covid vaccine reaction - inquest https://shorturl.at/psuwO
  
• Top judge asks: Why don't litigators know how much a case will cost? - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/uvC35
  
• Rebekah Vardy trademarked the phrase "Wagatha Christie" after losing her libel case against Coleen Rooney https://shorturl.at/akv08
  
• Discounter Lidl has won a trademark battle against the UK's biggest supermarket chain Tesco. The High Court ruled that Tesco's Clubcard logo copied Lidl's logo, which both use a yellow circle on a square blue background https://shorturl.at/btyHW
  
• When BigLaw's mask slips | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/nCTW6
  
• Rishi Sunak declares wife's shares after financial interests row - The PM has faced questions over Akshata Murty's shares in Koru Kids, a childcare agency which could benefit from a policy in last month's Budget https://shorturl.at/gtCR2
  
• A children's cat-hunting competition in #NewZealand has been cancelled following backlash against the event. Organisers of an annual hunt were criticised after they announced a new category for children to hunt feral cats https://shorturl.at/dmAHT
  
• Judge's "dismay" at conduct of High Court claim - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/efJY3
  
• WhatsApp, Signal and other messaging services have urged the government to rethink the Online Safety Bill (OSB). They are concerned that the bill could undermine end-to-end encryption https://shorturl.at/gjoLX
  
• An MPs' report is calling for faster progress to tackle "appalling" higher death rates for black women and those from poorer areas in childbirth https://shorturl.at/grwEK