12th February - Law News

Edition 4430: 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: "We are not doing enough to protect the 2 million victims of domestic violence across the UK". A stark admission from the most senior police lead on domestic abuse. The government insists forces treat it on a par with terrorism, but Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe accepts "if there were two million victims of terrorism, they would be getting a very different response". 

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 UK has imposed sanctions against four "extremist" #Israeli settlers who attacked Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The Foreign Office announced financial and travel restrictions against the four who have committed human rights abuses https://t.co/DuL5Grj7Ts
  
• Professor Richard Moorhead predicts strike-offs over Post Office Horizon scandal | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/zb32ujnk
• Seven women are accusing Devon and Cornwall Police of failing to investigate serving and former officers for domestic abuse and sexual violence. In some cases, the men were promoted to specialist roles dealing with violence against women http://tinyurl.com/2btwtfyd
• Creditors' losses from liquidation of the Metamorph Group network collapse soar past £20m | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/2pscctk7
• The foreign secretary has urged the Indian government to "speed up" the case of a Scottish man detained in India for more than six years. Jagtar Singh Johal, a 37-year-old Sikh activist, faces terror charges in connection with political violence http://tinyurl.com/4k9rcre5
• Scale and pace of law firm M&A “will increase this year” - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/3nwrvzm2
• Woman fails in contempt bid over application to debar her solicitors - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/yn645h2x