17th December - Law News

Edition 4373: 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 former Conservative peer Michele Mone has admitted she lied about her links to a firm which was awarded hundreds of millions of pounds in contracts to supply the Government with PPE during the pandemic. Mone admitted making an "error" by denying her ties to PPE Medpro, which was owned by a consortium led by her husband. The contracts yielded profits of around sixty million pounds. But she insisted she couldn't see what they had done wrong.It’s more than two months into the war on Gaza and Israelis have shown overwhelming support. But not everyone feels that way, and some Israelis who oppose the war are feeling ostracized or even endangered. Where is Israeli public opinion on the war on Gaza – and what will that mean as the war goes on?

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

• Increasing numbers of deprivation of liberty orders are being made against children, family law campaigners have warned. Yet, in the majority of cases, the parents or carers concerned have no access to legal advice - New Law Journal https://t.co/mdC1iHvwf9
  
• Assisted dying campaigners hope to make 2024 ‘tipping point’ for UK legislation https://tinyurl.com/28d2dtka
  
• Defra's generic plan for river clean up unlawful - local focus on water bodies needed - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/5PxBUPGRD6
  
• Piers Morgan denies knowing of phone hacking after judge rules he did https://tinyurl.com/34fnx6k8
  
• Michelle Mone has admitted that she stands to benefit from tens of millions of pounds of profit from personal protective equipment (PPE) sold to the UK government during the pandemic by a company led by her husband, Doug Barrowman https://t.co/LGorv3QphA
  
• Just Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for taking part in slow march https://tinyurl.com/33pza778
  
• Barristers have been told they must remove wigs and gowns before leaving the Old Bailey, as this has been highlighted as a security concern | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/6w3u8wcs