22nd August - Law News

Edition 4256: 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: Sheriff says former US president Trump will be treated like local inmates during booking process - a look at the "notorious" Fulton County Jail where former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants will be booked.

 Focus of the Day Legal News: Coronial powers and the rights of the unborn (Part 2) - In this two-part article, Maya Sikand KC, Tom Stoate and Ruby Peacock, explore two difficult questions arising from the inquest into the ‘harrowing circumstances’ of the death of a baby, Aisha Cleary, at HMP Bronzefield. . Full story - UK Human Rights Blog  

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

• Mr Justice Goss: Lucy Letby judge is used to making big decisions - He looked relaxed before the jury gave its verdict in the latest high-profile case he has presided over https://shorturl.at/aoAC4
  
• Supreme Court ruling throws litigation funding into disarray - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/hyVY0
  
• Sheffield sex assault trial collapses due to 'astonishing' jury problems - Judge Jeremy Richardson KC ordered that the defendant should face a retrial https://shorturl.at/bzABV
• Processing delays cause ‘damaging sclerosis in civil justice’ | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/cnxHT
  
• Kelso Cochrane: Trying to unlock the secrets of a 64-year-old racist west London murder https://shorturl.at/ahqt8
• The Metropolitan Police is to take no further action after investigating allegations involving a charity set up by King Charles as Prince of Wales. The decision followed prosecutors' advice and consideration of information so far received https://shorturl.at/coyM0
• ‘Orphaned by decree’: #Italy’s same-sex parents react to losing their rights - Rightwing PM Giorgia Meloni has demanded councils register only biological parents on birth certificates, leaving partners in legal limbo https://tinyurl.com/yckkvs3n