4th February - Law News

Edition 4423: 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: These high-speed racing cars don’t have human drivers, so what is the point of them?

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

• Top Cases of 2023: the good, the bad and the legally complicated - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/SAMAJ2yzrP
• £20,000 being offered for information leading to the arrest of the suspect in a chemical attack on a mother and her daughters in Clapham, police have said. Abdul Shokoor Ezedi was last seen leaving Tower Hill Underground station on 31 January https://t.co/ofauVowsgc
• Nearly 60% of pupil barristers are women, new data shows - Legal Cheek https://t.co/LeFaizdb1B
• Scientology-linked UK drug rehab left vulnerable people ‘traumatised’: use of controversial church’s repetitive drills led to patients becoming ‘shattered’ or paranoid, witnesses say http://tinyurl.com/mrathhh5
• Farewell FaceTime? That’s in store if the UK’s new snooper’s charter becomes law - The surveillance bill would force tech firms to tell the government about any new security measures – before they are introduced. Strangely, Apple won’t stomach it http://tinyurl.com/8zpr2kx9
  
• Ofsted inspectors ‘make up evidence’ about a school’s performance when IT fails. Inspector tells Observer investigation that top officials are aware that computer system crashes can wipe out data http://tinyurl.com/3v3ejz8z
• Sanctions can be imposed on British subject - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/EbfmO6GwIO