5th April - Law News

Edition 4117: 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:   Lawyers and others face a future in which criminals can use artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT to enhance their ability to commit fraud, Europe’s leading law enforcement organisation has warned. Full story Legal Futures

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: The historians Prof David Olusoga and Dr Cassandra Gooptar reveal how the Manchester Guardian’s 19th-century founders had connections to transatlantic enslavement and how a ‘trick of history’ has obscured our understanding of the links between slavery and Britain’s Industrial Revolution.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The man who murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 42 years in prison. Thomas Cashman, 34, refused to go into the dock for the sentencing and none of his family were present in court https://tinyurl.com/4usuypn5
  
• Several students at Jamia Millia Islamia university have been arrested ahead of the planned screening of a BBC documentary about #Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged complicity in sectarian riots through failing to control violence mobs https://tinyurl.com/2azxzskb
  
• Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has testified in court in Washington, DC, in the corruption trial of former Fugee Prakazrel "Pras" Michel #US https://tinyurl.com/y5zwd3c3
  
• Almost all wet wipes will be banned in England under plans to tackle water pollution, environment minister Therese Coffey has said. The ban on plastic-based wipes should come into force in the next year following a consultation https://tinyurl.com/38c6zt64
  
• Bolt-ons and regional deal buck quiet M&A market - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/4tuvepjb
  
• Ministers are facing the prospect of a legal challenge if they go ahead with plans to house asylum seekers on a barge off the Dorset coast. The Home Office is reportedly looking to use the Bibby Stockholm for the migrants to reduce reliance on hotels https://tinyurl.com/yrsyctbh
  
• Raab urged to fast-track plans to force criminals to attend sentencing - Aunt of murdered lawyer Zara Aleena says criminals should receive longer sentences if they refuse to face families or victims https://tinyurl.com/3vs6hwdp
  
• You should have read the CPR, judge tells litigant in person | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/364w2prp
• Who is Juan Merchan, the 'no-nonsense' judge overseeing Trump's case? #US https://tinyurl.com/5pz8h39n
  
• Legal Services Board pushes back on claim it is overreaching - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/ytk7jh4c