19th February - Law News

Edition 4437: 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: Former attorney for Donald Trump Michael Cohen says he thinks it's unlikely Trump has enough funds available to pay for the roughly $438 million worth of fines from judgements against him in the past four weeks.

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

• A man has been jailed for four months for possession and intention to supply nitrous oxide in the first prosecution since it became an offence. Essex Police found cannisters alongside ketamine and £38,995 in cash after Thomas Salton was pulled over http://tinyurl.com/49cz94e6
  
• A visa scheme allowing Ukrainians to join family members in the UK has closed to new applications, the government has announced http://tinyurl.com/2p822m3b
  
• Julian Assange's wife says the WikiLeaks founder would not survive being extradited from the UK to the US. His final appeal will be heard at the High Court on Tuesday and Stella Assange says he is physically and mentally extremely weak http://tinyurl.com/ycysx3vh
• Campaigners have lost a High Court challenge against renewed plans to build a road tunnel near Stonehenge. Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) challenged plans for a tunnel on part of the A303 near the site http://tinyurl.com/msj6akp2
• Debt-ridden financial claims firm from Altrincham shuts down suddenly: SRA in talks to ensure smooth closure | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/mtec4wed
• A man who piloted a boat in the English Channel has been found guilty of the manslaughter of four migrants who drowned. Ibrahima Bah, a Senegalese migrant, had offered to steer the dinghy in December 2022 in exchange for a free crossing http://tinyurl.com/y9xjjr4j
  
• New controls on holiday lets in England will be introduced from the summer to stop local people being unable to afford to live in their own community, the government has announced http://tinyurl.com/jn4u4c2a