21st December - Law News

Edition 4377: 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 UN Human Rights Office is calling for an immediate investigation into a ‘possible war crime’ after receiving information about Israeli forces allegedly killing Palestinian men in front of family members in northern Gaza.

Focus of the Day Legal News: One of the longest job tenures in public life will come to an end with the announcement that Professor Richard Susskind is to step down as technology adviser to the lord chief justice. The futurologist and author has provided advice to six successive chief justices since his appointment by Lord Bingham in 1998. 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

• Rudy Giuliani, a longtime associate of Trump, has filed for bankruptcy just days after he was ordered to pay $148m (£116m) in a defamation case: he defamed two Georgia election workers over false claims they tampered with votes #US http://tinyurl.com/epsnmewu
  
• Thai estate agent wins summary judgment in the English courts against 'persons unknown' crypto currency fraudsters | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/556zeack
  
• Student shot more than 15 people dead at Prague university, police say. Police chief says ‘premeditated violent attack’ at Charles University appears to have been inspired by massacres abroad #Czech http://tinyurl.com/msv3jx69
  
• Lawyers must email ahead to enter Old Bailey under new security measures | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/ydhareh8
• Home Office reduces earning threshold hike for family visa. Department announces increase to £29,000 with no timeline given for planned rise to £38,700 http://tinyurl.com/2bj5rpse
• A judge will lift anonymity orders protecting the identities of Brianna Ghey's killers next year. The 16-year-old, who was transgender, was stabbed 28 times in a "ferocious" attack in a park in Cheshire http://tinyurl.com/2h2svb2v
• Central fund "may be needed" to resolve litigation capacity disputes - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/ynn2dzz5