5th July - Law News

Edition 4208: 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: The NHS was launched in 1948 by Aneurin Bevan, inspired in part by the medical aid society in his constituency. It has since saved the lives of millions and inspired other national health systems around the world. Seventy five years on the Guardian's Maeve Shearlaw, Andrew Gregory and Adm Sich got access inside the NHS services in its birthplace of Tredegar in South Wales, and found residents, patients and staff still proud of Bevan's legacy, but anxious about the future.

Focus of the Day Legal News:  A ban on UK lawyers providing ‘legal advisory services’ to Russians comes into force today as the government ratchets up sanctions following the Ukraine invasion yet further. 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

• A Ministry of Justice scheme promoting early social welfare advice  in Manchester and Middlesbrough has received bad reviews from  practitioners, who claim it was deeply flawed from the outset | Law Gazette https://t.co/JKsM1LvXoI
  
• #Israeli forces have started withdrawing from Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, a defence source says. This ends a major two-day operation in which 12 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier have been killed https://shorturl.at/h1589
  
• Captain Sir Tom Moore's daughter ordered to demolish home spa https://shorturl.at/djS56
  
• Judge rejects notion that county court rulings are ‘rough and ready’ | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/ayJY0
  
• 8 top law firms make 'gender equality' power list - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OFZsM0RoyP
• Contractor claims specialist ABS aims to “open floodgates” - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/nwG04
  
• We’re not like utilities, says bar regulator chief in defence of independence | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/GWZ28
• Jamie Barrow found guilty of murdering Fatoumatta Hydara and daughters in fire https://shorturl.at/mqx37