29th January - Law News

Edition 4416: 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

• Solicitor who asked client to retract complaint fined £750 | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/yh27m3jy
• Apple says UK could 'secretly veto' global privacy tools - Under the proposed amendments to existing laws, if the UK Home Office declined an update, it then could not be released in any other country, and the public would not be informed http://tinyurl.com/bdefur9r
  
• Actor turned right-wing activist Laurence Fox has lost a High Court libel case with two people he called paedophiles on social media. The actor-turned-politician was sued by former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal https://t.co/yryAHSEt4p http://tinyurl.com/56cw2t3u
• Iranian lawyer’s IBA plea: ‘help stop executions’ | Law Gazette https://t.co/ntbVFkOkuf
• ARAG chief calls for help in boosting legal expenses insurance take-up - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/zf482mks
  
• News focus: Civil legal aid provision is withering away | Law Gazette https://t.co/SCRhyCE9Mn
• Solicitor suspended for eight years for jury internet research - Legal Cheek https://t.co/X9X4AhP9Xe