21st March - Law News

Edition 4468: 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: For in-house legal teams, their role and remit are increasingly about more than simply providing day-to-day legal services and transactional advice. What challenges and opportunities does this create, and what does it mean for how in-house teams are led, managed and operate within a wider organisation? This session covers: • balancing your responsibilities for providing both legal and corporate leadership • influencing corporate decision making • motivating and leading the in-house solicitor of the future.

 

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

• Four out of 10 big law firms have ‘energy-burning’ websites - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/mtbwnan9
• Prominent opposition politician and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested by #India's financial crime agency. The arrest is in connection with corruption allegations relating to the city's policies over alcohol sales https://tinyurl.com/pj9cc78m
  
• Northern Ireland to revise law on defective buildings | Irish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/2kd56max
• Lady Chief Justice speaks out in support of cab-rank rule - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/y8mw3wer
• ‘Man-made famine’ charge against #Israel is backed by mounting body of evidence https://tinyurl.com/2yhath2h
  
• Government publishes bill to reverse impact of PACCAR ruling - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/53p8zxuj
• ‘We need to talk about choice’: woman who ended life at Dignitas urges change to UK law https://tinyurl.com/3sbwwtj6