12th October - Law News

Edition 4307: 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 Israeli military says hundreds of thousands of troops are near the Gaza border "ready to execute the mission we have been given". Israel is expected to launch a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip soon - it says the mission is to "make sure Hamas won't have any military capabilities". The death toll in Israel has reached 1,200 - while more than 900 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza. The head of the Palestinian Energy Authority says Gaza's only power station will run out of fuel today.

Focus of the Day Legal News: The tug of war to oversee legal executives and paralegals took another twist with their current regulator making its latest pitch to maintain the status quo. Representative body CILEX is consulting on whether legal executives should switch from being regulated by CILEx Regulation (CRL) to coming under the umbrella of the SRA. 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

• Campaigning solicitor and barrister trainers launch baby-loss programme - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/hnvKP
  
• Commission calls for care in developing a Scottish Human Rights Bill | Scottish Legal News https://shorturl.at/dgpLM
  
• SDT “obviously wrong” to name struck-off solicitor’s former clients - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/loS08
  
• SAS troops ‘executed Afghan males of fighting age’, inquiry hears. Counsel to London inquiry into 80 civilian deaths focuses on British operations in Helmand province between 2010 and 2013 https://shorturl.at/jsAO0
• Large law firms experiencing two 'cyber incidents' a month - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/OR012
  
• Eight out of 10 City law firms report fall in PEP - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/bdctnhtu
• ‘Shambolic’: Protesters to call for review of London man’s murder conviction - Jason Moore was convicted of killing Robert Darby in 2005 – but the victim’s relatives are among those who believe he is innocent https://tinyurl.com/yc75jaw5