29th February - Law News

Edition 4447: 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

• Northern Ireland barristers take silk for first time in four years | Irish Legal News https://t.co/zzu5h2KWZ0
• ABI urges extension of injury damages tariff beyond whiplash - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/y5r7kvms
  
• Secret tribunal to hear claims police spied on Northern Ireland journalists - Judges urged to keep proceedings as open as possible in case relating to Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey https://tinyurl.com/3efxntr4
• Litigator who misled client, firm and court about cases struck off - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/ey6d2ws8
• Law Society asks family lawyers for help with civil legal aid review | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/yjusefme
  
• I spent 48 years in prison for a murder I didn’t commit. Here’s how I fought my way to freedom #US https://tinyurl.com/3a5h3sb9
  
• Vulnerable man ‘humiliated’ into confessing to 1990 London murder, court told. Court of appeal hears Oliver Campbell was convicted on basis of inconsistent confession made under police pressure https://tinyurl.com/52f2d92r