5th December - Law News

Edition 4361: 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: Accessibility at the court – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Focus of the Day Legal News:  Inventor James Dyson loses libel claim against Daily Mirror publisher. Sir James had alleged that article criticising his championing of Brexit and move to Singapore was ‘vicious and vitriolic’. Full story - Guardian Law 

 

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

• Barrister who halved suspension on appeal refused costs against BSB - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/mv46wmx8
• Police make totally needless 630 arrests of climate protesters in London in one month. Liberty condemns ‘staggering and shocking’ statistic as anti-protest legislation is enacted https://tinyurl.com/39aj3ztt
  
• New guideline hourly rates for January 2024 published by the judiciary - see here for all the details | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2afuvbwz
• Brexit-backer Richard Desmond invokes EU law to sue Gambling Commission. Ex-Express owner is expected to claim regulator made errors during bidding war for national lottery contract https://tinyurl.com/46n7fkxz
  
• Police inspector fired for abusive tweets aimed at feminist barrister - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/3wytrnra
• Minister seeking advice from lawyers who helped defeat Rwanda scheme. Attorney general’s staff contact human rights lawyers at chambers associated with judicial reviews against Home Office https://tinyurl.com/bpzvwaap
• The UK government has narrowly lost a vote on a plan to set up a compensation scheme for the victims of the NHS infected blood scandal. MPs - including 22 Conservatives - voted to back an amendment to the Victims and Prisoners Bill https://tinyurl.com/s9ect5j9