11th September - Law News

Edition 4276 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: Sara Sharif's grandfather has told the BBC that five children who travelled from the UK to Pakistan with Sara's father have all been taken from his house, where they had been hiding. Neighbours said that dozens of police e raided the property on Monday. Ten-year-old Sara was found dead at her family home in Surrey, England, on 10 August - her father and his partner had fled the UK the day before.

Focus of the Day Legal News:  The Law Commission has recommended a series of reforms to the Arbitration Act 1996, including extending immunity so that arbitrators are protected from liability when they resign or are removed. 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

• Government set to resist calls for ban on NDAs in the workplace - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/3ytuvapk
• Litigants now waiting 78 weeks for their day in county court | Law Gazette https://t.co/OzMEZKUkxJ
• UN research assistant secures SQE1 scholarship for ‘impact of AI’ essay - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RY92YiHcRx
• The SRA’s principles and how they might impact third-party referral - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/4v2k3bz5
• Top UK lawyer hits out at ‘authoritarian’ attacks on legal profession. Respect for law being undermined by ‘disparagement of lawyers and judges’, says Helena Kennedy https://tinyurl.com/t9jfnwvk
  
• Five key questions about Daniel Khalife’s escape, after terror suspect recaptured https://tinyurl.com/499zu7kc
• Scotland sees second major law firm tie-up in a week | Law Gazette https://t.co/UildhBDRmh