25th January - Law News

Edition 4412: 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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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 hands out another hefty fine for drink-drive conviction - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/3t5tysjc
• Judge will sit alone after jury tampering in fraud trial | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/46uutwd9
• The head of the European Court of Human Rights says countries have a "clear legal obligation" to follow its injunctions, despite UK ministers considering ignoring them http://tinyurl.com/4mxayz6x
• Majority verdicts in England and Wales brought in ‘partly for racial and class reasons’. Study by Appeal finds there was a desire to dilute influence of minority ethnic and working-class jurors http://tinyurl.com/2yze4bet
• Actor Idris Elba says there is no "one size fits all" answer to tackling knife crime, after victims' families urged mandatory jail terms for possession. Sinead O'Malley, whose daughter was killed last year, has called for compulsory prison sentences http://tinyurl.com/yc5cwrur
• Post Office lawyers feared 'public relations storm' if prosecutions halted, COPFS chief tells public inquiry | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/5adwmypr
• Judge proposes #Spain's Luis Rubiales face trial over Hermoso World Cup kiss http://tinyurl.com/zr57zkr6