30th March - Law News

Edition 4477: 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: It's banned in Iran, and Iran International says Tehran's Revolutionary Guards have been targeting the channel for the last 18 months. Its journalists have been threatened and their families in Iran taken in for questioning. Counter-terrorism police investigate stabbing of Iranian journalist in London

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 Law Society has spoken out against record fines issued against solicitors in recent months for compliance and anti-money laundering failings | New Law Journal https://t.co/jlr0pOqEnf
• ‘Doing the right thing isn’t just morally imperative; it’s become a competitive necessity’: Belmond GC Abbi Hunt - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sspUQdEaYB
• The 23rd annual Pro Bono Week will take place from 4–8 November 2024, bringing together the legal community to give more assistance free of charge to those who need it most | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/3kzmb9jx
• Is enforcement of foreign arbitral awards safe against fraud? - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/iLsTHcceIV
• Lawyers have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that ‘mixed injury’ claims should receive full compensation under common law as well as the statutory tariff for whiplash | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/3xnnw4dj
• A military complex will be used to house people who worked with the UK government in Afghanistan, but fled after the Taliban seized power. East Camp in St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, will house 50 people by the end of March https://tinyurl.com/bdfsa4ew
• Magistrates have called for reform of the single justice procedure (SJP), which handles about 40,000 low-level criminal cases each month | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/5962uw2w