17th February - Law News

Edition 4435: 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: Alexei Navalny "was so many things Putin was not: brave, principled and dedicated to building a Russia where the rule of law existed" - the words of President Biden on Russia's most prominent opposition leader, whose death was announced 

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

• Boosting investment in Black and minority ethnic businesses - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1nkhUrAWy3
  
• Judges are to be given guidelines for the first time on sentencing blackmail, kidnap and false imprisonment offences | New Law Journal magazine https://t.co/K8LFWOklxK
  
• Plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals. Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds http://tinyurl.com/3fzabewc
• Reductions in legal aid spending may have shunted the cost on to other taxpayer-funded bodies while leaving eligible people unable to access legal help, a devastating report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found | New Law Journal http://tinyurl.com/ycyr8xws
  
• Donald Trump ordered to pay over $350m in New York financial fraud case. Trump also banned from running any New York corporation or entity for three years in devastating blow for ex-president #US http://tinyurl.com/yucw9cpy
  
• An astonishing 100% of housing legal aid providers are  loss-making, Law Society-commissioned research by Frontier Economics has  found | New Law Journal http://tinyurl.com/yj6es4jf
  
• A few weeks to go and still no sign of clin neg fixed costs rules - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/yfbwhbnk