14th December - Law News

Edition 4370: 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: A scandal involving the co-founder of the conservative group Moms for Liberty, Bridget Ziegler, who was asked to resign from her position on the Sarasota County School Board in Florida, US

Focus of the Day Legal News:  Campaigners lobbying against what they call a ‘predatory claims culture’ have called for tighter regulation of the term ‘no win, no fee’ in advertisements. A report by a group called Fair Civil Justice (FCJ) said that consumers are increasingly exposed to ‘widespread and targeted’ advertisements from claimant firms. Such advertisements, it is suggested, consistently understate and fail to highlight the risks of litigation, while overstating the potential benefits. 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

• SRA admits it has “a long way to go” on diversity - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/gikJL
• Europe has made a great leap forward in regulating AI. Now the rest of the world must step up https://shorturl.at/mnGS6
• Post Office investigator dismissed victims as ‘crooks’, Horizon scandal inquiry hears | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/mADU1
• Law firm launches legal recruitment business for in-house teams - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/aqwyP
• Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal halves Solicitors Regulation Authority's costs in solicitor's withdrawn application to terminate suspension | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/fgyTZ
• Badenoch condemns London plague study after MP calls it ‘woke archaeology’. Equalities minister has written to Museum of London over a study that examined plague victims’ ethnicities http://tinyurl.com/bbuam56s
• Ministry of Justice to relocate 50 roles to Wrexham under government's Places for Growth programme | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/3bn8vjcr