3rd July - Law News

Edition 4206: 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: Teenage pregnancy is a big issue worldwide, including in Ghana. More than 100,000 girls there drop out of school every year to have a baby. But a government programme to encourage pregnant girls and young mothers to continue their education is showing results.

Focus of the Day Legal News:  A financial claim in divorce cannot proceed if one spouse dies, the Supreme Court has held - The court unanimously dismissed the appeal in Unger & anor (in substitution for Hasan) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) & anor [2023] UKSC 22. Full story - New Law Journal 

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

• Social media apps will have to shield children from dangerous stunts - Changes to the online safety bill will order platforms such as TikTok to protect young users from harm or injury https://t.co/fBZ0MziEPj
  
• The Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) has proposed a 12% rise in its budget, which is mainly funded through solicitors’ practising certificate fees collected in October | NLJ https://shorturl.at/HIN34
• World law school rankings: Top 20 spots for Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, King’s and Edinburgh - Legal Cheek https://t.co/9tztCpVUFY
  
• UK high court to look at legal battle over WhatsApp evidence for Covid inquiry https://shorturl.at/ampZ7
• Does digitisation work? We asked our court users - Legal Futures https://t.co/lIIh7KsYZy
• Permission has been granted for a legal challenge against the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for failing to raise solicitors’ criminal defence rates by the minimum 15% recommended by Lord Bellamy’s independent review on criminal legal aid | NLJ https://t.co/kGJT4zd8sE
  
• Much still to do, but little money left: MPs savage court modernisation - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/qswF0
• The Countess of Wemyss, Amanda Fielding has lost her appeal against an art dealer over a painting sold for £1.15m that later re-sold for £8m more | NLJ https://t.co/Iu5JOBeC0K