13th July - Law News

Edition 4216: 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: Across the world extreme weather is causing destruction and loss of life from floods in India and Japan to heatwaves in the US and Spain

Focus of the Day Legal News:  The number of solicitor judges edged up slightly in 2022-23, according to judicial diversity statistics published today – but the proportion of solicitors on the bench remains well below where it stood almost a decade ago. Full story - The Law Society Gazette 
 

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

• Does it count as sexual harassment if an assault lasts less than 10 seconds? Outrage in Italy after judge's shocking action in #Italy https://shorturl.at/GMPS2
  
• Solicitor apologises to MP over 'lynched' LinkedIn post |  Law Gazette https://t.co/ClgjKbVTao
  
• Nadine Dorries has been referred to the Conservative chief whip by the UK's top civil servant over claims she sent "forceful" messages to officials https://shorturl.at/fixO2
  
• The #US supreme court has hijacked American democracy https://t.co/iBbyX0dAha
  
• So you're not using legal tech. Why? - Legal Futures https://t.co/TIwLLFU5nH
  
• Huw Edwards is in hospital with "serious mental health issues", his wife says, as she named him as the BBC presenter at the centre of allegations https://t.co/tBsVYlpj7p
  
• Digital mentoring scheme to boost Black representation in the law |  Law Gazette https://t.co/oUiDL4iUVG
  
• Dip in proportion of consumers shopping around for legal services - Legal Futures https://t.co/C6eAduJxHS