29th August - Law News

Edition 4263: 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: Gina Martin is best known as the driving force behind the Voyeurism Act, which made upskirting, or the taking of pictures under a person’s clothing without permission, a criminal offence in England and Wales, after she was assaulted at a music festival. The gender equality activist is now working to teach people how to challenge problematic statements such as ‘boys will be boys’ and ‘not all men’, and have constructive conversations on social justice issues.

Focus of the Day Legal News: UK’s SFO calls time on ENRC and Rio Tinto probes. Fraud watchdog closes decade-long investigation into Kazakh miner ENRC citing “insufficient admissible evidence to prosecute”. 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

• Investment urgently needed to ensure future of criminal defence profession - Criminal defence solicitors have gone a staggering quarter of a century without a significant funding hike | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://tinyurl.com/ynchcydb
• One in eight police posts for rape case specialists in England and Wales unfilled https://tinyurl.com/3258xa9z
• Trump faces 4 March 2024 trial just a day before Super Tuesday #US https://t.co/BLaoAFW2gq
  
• Bad advice risk for viewers as ‘lawfluencers’ opt for quantity - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/ystt4kd8
  
• #Spain's top criminal court has opened a preliminary investigation into the country's football federation president Luis Rubiales after he kissed player Jenni Hermoso https://t.co/4OYxmYshyv
  
• The RAC has raised concerns over the refusal by councils to install warning signs for the expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone https://tinyurl.com/5dvux27r
• There's been a dramatic rise in violence carried out by extremist #Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank this year, with more than 100 incidents reported https://tinyurl.com/5863v2c4