7th July - Law News

Edition 4210: 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: Unnamed individuals will be referred for criminal and civil prosecution after a royal commission handed down its report into the unlawful Robodebt scheme today. Commissioner Catherine Holmes branded the former Coalition government's debt-raising scheme an "extraordinary saga" of "venality, incompetence and cowardice".

Focus of the Day Legal News:  Disputes alliance to intervene on case to determine if courts can impose mediation in civil disputes. CMC, CIArb and CEDR to weigh in on forthcoming case before the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Full story - The Global Legal Post 

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

• Stephen Lawrence case: Disgrace that detectives will not be charged - mother https://t.co/RztCGQVu9r
  
• Twitter threatens to sue Meta over rival Threads app - In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a lawyer for the Elon Musk-owned app said Meta had unlawfully misappropriated trade secrets https://tinyurl.com/tpf3k885
• Elle Edwards: Connor Chapman guilty of Christmas Eve pub murder https://t.co/kmVlREI0zu
  
• New AML supervision regime for lawyers moves step closer - Legal Futures https://t.co/MJHRoeNjrR
  
• Solicitor not personally liable for costs when acting as deputy | Law Gazette https://t.co/0cWsNGZzWK
• Top-100 firm headquartered in Cardiff has snapped up a neighbouring firm in the city to continue its acquisition trail. Hugh James today announced it had merged with Loosemores Solicitors and brought 27 staff into the business | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/28crn4v8
  
• Whistleblowing judge elected GMB branch president | Law Gazette https://t.co/lOU9fPkv71
• MP Chris Pincher is facing an eight-week Commons suspension after an inquiry found he groped two men at a London club last year. Parliament's standards committee said his "completely inappropriate" behaviour was an "abuse of power" https://t.co/FOlO1ZXMcm