21st July - Law News

Edition 4224: 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 Legal News:  Judge’s reduction of sentence for abortion shows how law must change, say campaigners. Legislation that led to Carla Foster being jailed after procuring pills for a termination said to be ‘antiquated’. Full story - Guardian Law  

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

• Farage joins explosion in people using subject access requests https://tinyurl.com/2s47mxvs
  
• Eight out of 10 NHS claims now settle pre-issue - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/bde5y2bf
• Solicitor who shared research with fellow jurors faces SDT | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/39hdn2jh
• Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if draconian new proposals are made law and acted upon by the Tory government https://shorturl.at/psEIK
  
• Committee imposes conditions on Buckland’s job with law firm - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/nuIQ4
• #China’s new financial regulatory framework finds its feet - According to the plan, a central commission for finance will be established as the Central Committee’s own decision-making institution https://t.co/EALw5iVXzj
  
• Caribbean countries poised to seek UN legal advice on slavery compensation https://shorturl.at/cswyU
  
• Professional enablers fuelling “opportunistic personal injury fraud” - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/r32b842x