31st August - Law News

Edition 4265: 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 Western Australia government and prison operator Serco is being urged to make significant changes to mental health supports at one of the state's largest prisons. A coroner has found a 30-year-old man who died at Acacia Prison in 2019 was able to take his own life because of a chronic shortage of safe cells, recommending significant upgrades to buildings at the facility. And Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised the following story contains the name and image of a person who has died, with his family's permission.

Focus of the Day Legal News: Firms are taking more than four months to get paid and face a ticking timebomb if they cannot get clients to settle bills more quickly, new figures suggest. Analysis from chartered accountants Lubbock Fine shows that the average lock-up at the UK’s top 100 firms is now 124 days, a small rise from last year. High profile firms have this year reported lock-up of around 200 days. Full story - The Law Society Gazette  

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

• Court shows mercy to widow left ‘high and dry’ by solicitors | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/yck2fy6k
• Man charged after Chelsea footballer Raheem Sterling World Cup burglary - Emiliano Krosi, 23, of Ditton Court Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, had been charged and remanded in custody https://t.co/FLyrzd6Ec3
• US probes impact of artificial intelligence on legal practice | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/5bwb4r72
• Solicitor blames launching firm on eve of Covid for rule breaches - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/3h2bvnku
• Convicted criminals to be made to attend sentencing hearings - using force if necessary - under government plans, which does nothing to address criminality https://t.co/UIvSaF3n0U
• An ex-UK intelligence worker has pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a US government employee who worked at a British base with him. Joshua Bowles, 29, stabbed the woman, who worked for the United States NSA while based at GCHQ https://shorturl.at/yBHS5
• Women will still have the right to equal pay with men for doing similar jobs even though an EU law guaranteeing it was scrapped, the government says https://shorturl.at/kxHQT
  

30th August - Law News

Edition 4264: 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 expansion of a "clean air zone" in London has sparked protests from those who care little about pollution in the UK capital. Owners of the most polluting vehicles will have to pay a charge to drive in the city. Protesters are frustrated that the scheme has doubled in size to include the whole of London. But the mayor says the changes are vital.

Focus of the Day Legal News:One in eight police posts for rape case specialists in England and Wales unfilled. 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

• Three women who were raped by the same man say their experience of the justice system was so damaging they would think twice about reporting an attack again https://tinyurl.com/266423ka
• Solicitor "cut corners" when exchanging contracts on property sale - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/ztb4uda7
• How many more poor child workers must die in Pakistan before change happens? https://tinyurl.com/2zv8mreb
• New legislation providing additional rights for carers, expecting parents and new parents | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://tinyurl.com/23dy4h98
• ‘A death I don’t want’: one woman’s lost battle with UK’s assisted death laws https://tinyurl.com/ym5fdmyx
• Will a new failure to prevent fraud offence address the UK’s most commonly committed criminal offence? | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/xon44vsRNg
• EU-era water pollution restrictions for housing developments are to be scrapped in a bid to build more homes, the government has announced https://t.co/wMQ9tUE0Fv