26th April - Law News

Edition 4138: 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: Legislation abolishing the ‘not proven’ verdict, reducing the size of juries and introducing a pilot for juryless trials has been introduced at the Scottish Parliament. Full story - Scottish Legal News

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Appellant) v BXB (Respondent) [2023] UKSC 15 In 1990, the respondent, Mrs B, was raped by an elder of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Mark Sewell, at his home, after they had been out evangelising together. Mr Sewell was convicted of raping Mrs B, and of indecently assaulting two other people, in 2014.

 

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

• Law firm to pay ex-client £400,000 for negligent divorce advice | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/QRS14
  
• Patna High Court orders interim stay on proceedings against Rahul Gandhi before Bihar court in defamation case | Bar & Bench #India https://shorturl.at/kEMPV
  
• My legal life: Emily Lui, Seddons - Profile | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/bxz13
  
• British American Tobacco is to pay $635m (£512m) plus interest to #US authorities after a subsidiary admitted selling cigarettes to North Korea in violation of sanctions https://shorturl.at/kCDI5
  
• AI to revolutionise work of both lawyers and judges, says MR - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/clntM
  
• North Sea drilling: Greenpeace prepares to challenge ‘disastrous’ UK decision - Court to decide if judicial review of Liz Truss move to allow new oil and gas drilling should be permitted https://shorturl.at/fnJ46
  
• Best of the blogs - 22 April 2023 | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/gjtBE
  
• Fears grow for Taiwan book publisher believed held in #China https://shorturl.at/kBDV1
  
• Crucial hearing in Mastercard litigation begins | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/gCHTV
  
• Prince William was paid a "very large sum" by the owners of The Sun to settle historical phone-hacking claims, court papers from Prince Harry's lawyers say https://shorturl.at/cfil8