30th July - Law News

Edition 4233: 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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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

• An overhaul of the criminal appeals process is on the cards, after the Law Commission launched a major review into potential reform | NLJ https://tinyurl.com/5xwp4a2e
• PI almost a CMC-free zone as overall number continues to fall - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/yj94ptnj
• Litigation funding agreements are not enforceable in competition cases, the Supreme Court has held, in a case with disappointing implications for the funding industry | NLJ https://tinyurl.com/5d82s3n7
• An Inverness woman has launched legal action against Police Scotland after having a job offer withdrawn because she was taking antidepressants. Laura Mackenzie had sailed through the recruitment process for her "dream job" to become a police officer https://tinyurl.com/2m7nzudm
  
• Lawyers have been asked for their views on the extension to the fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime on 1 October, including inquest costs and advocacy fees for cases that settle late | NLJ https://tinyurl.com/2hy253wt
• Ex-Trump lawyer says evidence against him ‘overwhelming’ in Mar-a-Lago case #US https://tinyurl.com/y9cvu33a
  
• #US officer who put handcuffed woman in car hit by freight train found guilty - Jordan Steinke convicted on misdemeanour charges but found not guilty of more serious charges over 2022 crash in Colorado https://tinyurl.com/488nhrht