30th December - Law News

Edition 4386: 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: She may only have been Prime Minister for 49 days, but for Liz Truss the perks of the top job continue. Today she was given the opportunity to elevate three people to the House of Lords and for eight more to receive honours . The argument that it's routine for departed Prime Ministers to make such appointments has not stopped her critics from calling the move "shameless". At the same time, some cultural titans were also given honours - along with many hundreds of people whose vital work is less well known.

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

• A report which found housing asylum seekers on a barge was discriminatory was published by mistake https://shorturl.at/AQRT3
• Housing legal aid: new early advice scheme handles 79 claims in first few weeks | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/opr16
• Scrapping short jail terms in England and Wales puts women at risk, says abuse watchdog. Nicole Jacobs says policy flies in the face of ministers’ claims to take domestic violence seriously https://shorturl.at/bnrE3
• Close Brothers subsidiary Novitas Loans reports £84m annual losses | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/gkR25
• Competition and Markets Authority creates deputy GC post | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/cmV24
• Nearly 3,000 offenders in England and Wales wearing sobriety tags this Christmas. UK government plans to double number of offenders on devices aimed at reducing alcohol-driven crime  http://tinyurl.com/2s3sphfd
  
• Top chef leaves French hotel after alleged naked ‘hazing’ of kitchen staff. Michelin-starred Aurélien Largeau, who ran restaurant at Hôtel du Palais in Biarritz, says reports are ‘false and defamatory’ http://tinyurl.com/mpd57xdu