27th March - Law News

Edition 4474: 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: A teenage boy who was facing eight counts of assault after allegedly throwing a cup of milk at youth justice officers in a "stand-off" in the Northern Territory's notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Centre has been found not guilty on most counts. In his final ruling in the long-running legal battle, which has spanned years, NT judge Greg Macdonald also found the length of time that detainees were kept in their cells for was excessive.

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

• #Spanish prosecutors want the ex-head of the country's football federation to be jailed for two-and-a-half years after he kissed a female footballer following Spain's World Cup victory. Luis Rubiales is facing charges of sexual assault and coercion https://tinyurl.com/3w4n6c9h
  
• Legal aid data collection “too great a burden” on providers - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/y9rnnkpm
• Personal injury lawyers Stewarts claims to have secured record periodical payments for severely disabled client | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/4dhcxswy
• Rowers taking part in the 2024 Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge in London are among those that have been told not to enter the Thames after high levels of E. coli were found https://tinyurl.com/5av9tjfw
• Holidaymakers going to EU caught out by 10-year-passport rule: post-Brexit, EU countries will not accept passports issued more than 10 years ago https://tinyurl.com/243buc27
• Lifeline for Julian Assange as High Court demands ‘assurances’ on extradition to US | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/sfpkcmkr
• MPs' support for Legal Services Act review divides opinion - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/48ft2cv8