19th July - Law News

Edition 4222: 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:  Jones (Appellant) v Birmingham City Council and another (Respondents) - Whether Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 is incompatible with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Supreme Court unanimously dismisses the appeal. More information is available on our website: UKSC 2021/0087

 Focus of the Day Legal News:  The Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) will not “deliver a more diverse profession in its current shape”, the founder of a campaign to achieve equality for women in the law has said. Full story - Legal Futures  

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

• After 20 years, here’s why the Post Office scandal is special: the cover-up is happening in plain sight https://shorturl.at/ehrD7
  
• Police in Nevada have confirmed they served a search warrant this week in connection with the unsolved killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. Detectives carried out the search at a home in Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas #US https://shorturl.at/fhtJ8
  
• Jewish group criticises GB News host over ‘dangerous conspiracy theory’. Beverley Turner tweeted that Covid ‘causes less harm to certain ethnicities – east Asians, and Ashkenazi Jews (Fauci anyone?)’ https://shorturl.at/bfIJQ
• “My career and passion for diversity within law” - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/yckke8uy
  
• Tour de France team consider legal action after fan causes crash #France https://tinyurl.com/3p862ack
  
• Law firm accuses rivals of turning conveyancing into 'combat sport' | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/33zvyj7p
• A toxic culture of sexual assault, harassment, racism and bullying has been alleged by more than 100 current and recent UK staff at outlets of the fast-food chain McDonald's https://shorturl.at/pwzH6
  
• My legal life: Alison Berryman, Biztech Lawyers - Profile | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/24vun325