18th October - Law News

Edition 4313: 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: India’s Supreme Court has declined to legalise same-sex marriages but said the rights of LGBTQ+ people must be upheld. Five judges ruled they could not legalise such unions, which they said was parliament's job. In 2018, the Supreme Court had decriminalised gay sex in a landmark ruling. But the ultra-conservative right-wing government and Hindu religious leaders strongly opposed same-sex marriage, claiming it was against India's culture.

Focus of the Day Legal News: Nearly 30% of firms probed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for their adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) rules in the last year were non-compliant, new figures have shown. Full story - Legal Futures  

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

• Britain's equality watchdog has called on the government to ban "harmful" conversion-therapy practices. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says legislation to outlaw conversion therapy should be included in the King's Speech next month https://t.co/rsxolHO1ma
• Lord chancellor Alex Chalk announces prison reforms to increase capacity | Law Gazette https://t.co/dGXycvjGck
  
• “Relatively straightforward” for barristers to avoid cab-rank rule - Legal Futures https://t.co/QG86jGxhwf
  
• Under-18s are coming from England to Wales for Botox as there is now law preventing it, campaigners have said. Cosmetic Botox and lip fillers for under-18s were banned in England in 2021, but no such law exists in Wales https://t.co/EO7tmPIWoo
  
• The myth of #Israel’s ‘most moral army’: Manipulating international law allows Israel to evade condemnation for its war crimes https://tinyurl.com/bdzm36n5
  
• Photos: An #Israeli air raid on al-Ahli Arab Hospital kills an estimated 500. The hospital attack has sparked international condemnation, as patients and displaced Palestinians number among the dead https://tinyurl.com/88jacfnm
  
• Tale of two cities as smaller London law firms seek shorter leases - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/xCN38