27th April - Law News

Edition 4139: 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: The Legal Services Board has committed to build on the warning notice issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority against SLAPPs and ‘extend those principles’ across the sector. Full story - Law Society Gazette

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: A man who "hunted" a random teenage girl "like an animal" through an Ipswich supermarket trying to kill her with a bow and arrow has been jailed for 10 and a half years. Benjamin Bourke pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a 15-year-old girl in September, 2020. During a sentencing hearing in Brisbane, Crown Prosecutor Matt Le Grand told the Supreme Court the girl suffered hand and torso injuries during a "premeditated and purposeful attack" by Bourke at an Aldi store in Booval.

 

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

• ‘Fear and shame’: jury hears opening arguments in Trump civil assault trial #US https://tinyurl.com/3ayr2cxb
  
• ‘Deeply alarming’ regulation bill threatens lawyers’ independence | Scottish Legal News https://shorturl.at/iAJR9 
  
• HMRC adviser avoids punishment after breaking judgment embargo | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/alyKZ
  
• Jasmine Hartin, the former partner of Andrew Ashcroft - the son of UK businessman Lord Michael Ashcroft - was arrested and charged with the deadly shooting of superintendent Henry Jemmott two years ago, and now pleads guilty https://shorturl.at/yBIM5
  
• Harry's court case raises awkward questions before the run-up to the Charles coronation https://shorturl.at/behwy
  
• Police are searching for a man at a country park near Glasgow after the suspicious death of a school teacher. Marelle Sturrock was found dead at a property in Jura Street, in Glasgow's Mosspark area https://shorturl.at/ikDT6
  
• New bill aims to stamp out unfair practices and promote competition | Scottish Legal News https://shorturl.at/apvZ8
  
• How to return to work in the law | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/uwJP0
  
• Low-income workers 'unlikely to take employers to court' | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/ekrCK
  
• Microsoft's $68.7bn (£55bn) deal to buy US video game company Activision Blizzard has been blocked in the UK by the Competition and Markets Authority https://shorturl.at/nsMNW