13th January - Law News

Edition 4402: 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: Since Israel doesn't allow journalists independent access into Gaza - much of the news has come from local Palestinian reporters: more than 70 of them have allegedly been killed by Israeli forces

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 Bar Council’s two main aims for this year are securing more resources for the justice system and creating a more resilient and sustainable profession, Chair Sam Townend KC said in his inaugural speech | New Law Journal https://t.co/KxbdcTLvpU
• Tweeting barrister Jon Holbrook's employment tribunal appeal dismissed by High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/LErMQtz9bV
• Update law on computer evidence to avoid Horizon repeat, ministers urged. Critics say assumption in English and Welsh law that computers are ‘reliable’ reverses usual burden of proof in criminal cases http://tinyurl.com/wf9nrfpn
• Doctors are not liable to their patient’s family, Supreme Court judges find in majority verdict | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/yjtakn9y
• Solicitor who breached undertakings agrees to leave profession - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/mr6azye7
• Top lawyer urges MPs to review private prosecutions after Post Office scandal. Bar Council chair Sam Townend KC says parliament should consider formal regulation of growing practice http://tinyurl.com/yck33xe5
• Thomson Reuters Institute report finds a lesson for big law firms in the collapse of once iconic airline Pan Am | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/2pf54h8d