24th June - Law News

Edition 4197: 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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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Greece’s Supreme Court is looking into how a boat filled with migrants capsized off the west coast a week ago. Hundreds of asylum seekers are believed to have drowned. Survivors say several things may have gone wrong. 

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

• Grays lorry deaths: Man admits manslaughter over death of 39 migrants https://tinyurl.com/4mzr6auk
  
• Eight firms sign climate crisis pledges | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/379rm762
• A French publisher who was arrested using anti-terror laws as he arrived in London will face no further action, the Metropolitan Police has said. Ernest Moret, 28, was searched under counter-terrorism legislation after travelling from Paris in April https://tinyurl.com/5n7kdfbd
  
• Post Office GC to appear at inquiry over disclosure issue | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/5xhn6mn4
  
• SRA to pay £38,000 costs after rebuke overturned | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/4b2wexty
  
• The Home Office has been accused of leaving people homeless by outbidding councils in a fierce competition for scarce accommodation. Several local authorities have lost out to a Home Office contractor finding properties to house asylum seekers https://tinyurl.com/ycy98b9m
  
• #Germany passes law to attract skilled migrant workers amid fierce debate https://tinyurl.com/yawvvj52
  
• Law centre volunteer “waived privilege” in advancing claim - Legal Futures https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/law-centre-volunteer-waived-privilege-in-advancing-claim