16th March - Law News

Edition 4463: 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: Shawn Campbell Adidja Palmer Kahira Jones and Andre St John (App) v The King (Resp) No 2 (Jamaica) - On 13 March 2014, the appellants were convicted of the murder of Clive "Lizard" Williams. The issue in this appeal is whether their convictions are safe in light of the following grounds of challenge: 

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

• Don't put up a barrier with your business, in-house lawyers told - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/nhhpyacd
• Who won Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2024 – and why - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/bSZLY5mRvO
• Australian computer scientist is not bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, high court rules - Judge says evidence for his conclusion that Craig Wright did not create bitcoin is ‘overwhelming’ https://tinyurl.com/4vk3hxhn
• Former Lord Chief cautions against regulation of litigation funding - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/php4andc
• Britain’s prison system is brutal and broken. Why does reforming it seem so impossible? https://tinyurl.com/5945yw5y
  
• Jamaican musician Vybz Kartel has murder conviction quashed. Dancehall star was sentenced to life in prison in 2014 for the murder of an associate https://tinyurl.com/4p527b8h
• Community order for disbarred barrister over antisemitic blog posts - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/2z5z4tuv