3rd December - Law News

Edition 4359: 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:  Truce negotiations between Israel and Hamas, which is a designated terrorist organisation in the UK, have reached a "dead end" according to Israel's intelligence agency. Israel has resumed its indiscriminate killing in Gaza.

 

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

• The Weekly Round-up: Gaza reprieve, Covid-19 Inquiry continues, and oil-spill litigation in the Niger Delta - UK Human Rights Blog https://shorturl.at/agI36
• Magistrate given formal warning after researching defendant online   - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sZ69zSEwow
• Senior Post Office lawyer Jarnail Singh was congratulated on conviction, Horizon inquiry hears | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/frtBO
• The Ministry of Justice faces multi-million-pound cuts, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) analysis of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement | New Law Journal https://t.co/BPndQYxi9q
  
• Criminal Bar Association chief welcomes IPP sentence reform | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/CS029
• Local authorities have a duty to provide accommodation within a reasonable period of time rather than immediately, the Supreme Court has held in a unanimous landmark judgment | New Law Journal https://t.co/7CwmPopsRO
• Ministry of Justice investigating causes of 385,000 backlog of whiplash cases in Official Injury Claim portal | Law Gazette https://t.co/N58etrMRBL