24th February - Law News

Edition 4442: 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: Australian police officer faces court charged with murder after Sydney couple disappears

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

• Barrister disbarred over £150,000 fees inappropriately paid by Legal Aid Agency | Law Gazette https://t.co/vIPynigRdk
  
• City giant uses generative AI to develop lease reporting tool - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/bde9pmc8
  
• Technical problems blight hearing of final bid by Wikileaks founder to appeal against extradition to the US | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/bdzat573
• National firm and Outer Temple see off 'vexatious and scandalous' claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/cp6zqz3YcA
• Barrister “recklessly misled” BSB in applying for practising certificate - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/38wnj8hx
• Serious Fraud Office launches £140m property fraud investigation with dawn raids | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/5n8wyu22
• A ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos are considered children, and that a person could be held liable for accidentally destroying them, has opened up a new front in the #US battle over reproductive medicine http://tinyurl.com/3mscjk4a