5th February - Law News

Edition 4424: 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: Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been cleared of breaking the law when she refused to follow police orders to leave a protest at a London oil conference last year. There was applause in court as the judge acquitted her and her four co-defendants, saying there was not enough evidence against them and the order to disperse was unclear. The Swedish environmentalist has been arrested several times in the last year. 

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

• The Ministry of Justice ends costs incentive to settle cases on eve of trial | Law Gazette https://t.co/RnQSXAqNqN
• Legal helpline advisor not under duty to advise prospective client - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/8j2w5fk2
• High Court hearing to open in dispute between Crypto Open Patent Alliance and Dr Craig Wright | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/4nxme7dt
• The head of the Scottish Prison Service has said the jails are too full and she may soon have to say "enough is enough, we cannot take any more" http://tinyurl.com/ycy4nfn3
• Former lord chancellor Robert Buckland: divorce reform needs to move faster | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/yps8fjpp
  
• Government set to commission review of third-party litigation funding - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/3mkfd74a