4th April - Law News

Edition 4116: 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:   Police Scotland has been ordered to explain why it concluded that there was no crime committed in the case of a former kirk minister involved in defrauding three brothers out of £1 million. Full story Scottish Legal News

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story:   Security Service’s failure to prevent the Manchester Arena bomb attack in 2017 centred on a mistake so serious that it could be viewed as negligent. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lawyer eco group which sparked cab rank rule row pushes ahead with 'declaration of conscience' - Legal Cheek https://www.legalcheek.com/2023/03/lawyer-eco-group-which-sparked-cab-rank-rule-row-pushes-ahead-with-declaration-of-conscience/

• Rahul Gandhi, #India's Congress leader appeals against jail sentence in defamation case https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-65160217
  
   
• A new review designed to boost the employment prospects of autistic people has today been launched by the Government https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-review-to-boost-employment-prospects-of-autistic-people

• Public Health is a state subject, allotted ₹197 crores for menstrual hygiene to states: Centre to Supreme Court | Bar & Bench #India https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/public-health-is-a-state-subject-allotted-197-crores-for-menstrual-hygiene-to-states-centre-to-supreme-court
  
   
• Switzerland’s attorney general to investigate Credit Suisse takeover - Inquiry to focus on whether emergency state-backed UBS takeover breached criminal law https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/apr/02/switzerlands-attorney-general-to-investigate-credit-suisse-takeover

• The Illegal Migration Bill and the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol: The return of the Charter of Fundamental Rights - UK Human Rights Blog https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2023/03/31/the-illegal-migration-bill-and-the-ireland-northern-ireland-protocol-the-return-of-the-charter-of-fundamental-rights/

• City law firms urged not to abandon unsuccessful SQE trainees - Legal Cheek https://www.legalcheek.com/2023/03/city-law-firms-urged-not-to-abandon-unsuccessful-sqe-trainees/

• Thousands of UK missing persons cases may be reinvestigated https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/02/thousands-of-uk-missing-persons-cases-may-be-reinvestigated 

• Law Pod UK: The Bill of Rights Bill is Back - UK Human Rights Blog https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2023/03/28/law-pod-uk-the-bill-of-rights-bill-is-back/

• Westminster Uni academic uses ChatGPT to pass contract law exam - Legal Cheek https://www.legalcheek.com/2023/03/westminster-uni-academic-uses-chatgpt-to-pass-contract-law-exam/