10th January - Law News

Edition 4399: 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 boss of Boeing has admitted the planemaker was at fault after one of its aircraft suffered a door blow-out shortly after take-off in the US. On Tuesday, Boeing's president and chief executive Dave Calhoun said the firm was "acknowledging our mistake". No-one was injured when the unused cabin door broke away from the Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon on Friday. The US has grounded 171 of the Boeing 737 Max 9 planes since the incident. 

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

• SRA forced to hire more staff to handle Axiom Ince claims - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/2s4hu9v3
• Barrister who caused assistant’s “collapse” must pay £155,000 - Legal Futures https://t.co/e0xYQyRt1I
• Solicitor wins in employment tribunal against immigration firm's treatment of non-British migrant workers | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/9fbre3jp
• A group of armed men have broken into a live television studio in #Ecuador and threatened staff, footage shows. A live broadcast by station TC in the city of Guayaquil was interrupted on Tuesday by the group, who were wearing hoods and carrying guns http://tinyurl.com/5uubcruz
  
• Law societies call for SRA to impose cap on Axiom Ince compensation fund payments to clients | Law Gazette https://t.co/M3OYCrRoum
• Were lawyers complicit in Post Office's corporate governance failures? - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/3uy29xwk
• A Fijian rugby player has been jailed after sexually assaulting three women in a Cardiff city centre bar. Api Ratuniyarawa, 37, admitted two counts of assault by penetration and one of sexual assault at Revolution between 31 October and 2 November 2023 http://tinyurl.com/45wpfbdd