7th February - Law News

Edition 4426: 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: In the matter of an application by Stephen Hilland for Judicial Review (Appellant) Northern Ireland. The issue is: Is applying a lower threshold test for the recall of prisoners on licence who are subject to a "determinate custodial sentence", such as the Appellant, than is applied for the recall of prisoners subject to other allegedly comparable types of sentence discriminatory and a breach of the Appellant's rights under Article 5 (right to liberty and security) read with Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)?

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

• Campaigners are taking the Environment Agency to court, accusing it of not stopping chicken manure polluting the River Wye. The charity River Action, who brought the case, says laws to keep waterways healthy have not been enforced https://t.co/MzOa0WCMLD
• What the ICJ ‘genocide’ ruling means for Israel | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/35wb7p7h
• The Post Office continued to threaten two sisters over a £34,000 shortfall even after a criminal trial was ruled out over faulty computer evidence http://tinyurl.com/3ub4r3ux
• An inspector who sold his police trousers for £4 online has had his rank reduced after been found guilty of gross misconduct at a hearing. Owen Hurley of Hertfordshire Police admitted he sold the item on Vinted, a second-hand selling app http://tinyurl.com/d7sdsws3
• 2023’s highest earners from criminal legal aid scheme revealed | Irish Legal News http://tinyurl.com/53t3vf5w
  
• SRA probes Post Office lawyers over 'intimidating' compensation offer letters to victims | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/2er4zzed
• Government brings video-witnessing of wills to an end - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/45h92cxf