5th April - Law News

Edition 4483: 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:  The man who masterminded an armed robbery that ended with the murder of an unarmed police officer has been found guilty of her murder. The verdict at Leeds Crown Court comes almost 20 years after PC Sharon Beshenivsky and a colleague interrupted a raid on a travel agent in Bradford. She was shot at point-blank range. Six other men have already been convicted on a range of offences, but 75-year-old Piran Ditta Khan fled to Pakistan, where he's been living until his extradition last year.  

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

• Solicitors launch self-help divorce tool - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/yyxt2y7b
• Post Office Horizon Inquiry to restart with solicitors and barristers featuring heavily in the list of witnesses | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2txhsj2v
• Bruce Lehrmann defamation case: How little-known television producer Taylor Auerbach became the star witness #Australia https://tinyurl.com/5cz7dzuz
  
• Courts already using algorithm-based automated decision-making, Lord Justice Birss reveals | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/ytp7bw75
• Yorkshire woman wins discrimination case after boss called her ‘emotional and tearful’. Judge says male boss’s description of Nicola Hinds, who was pregnant, was ‘dismissive and belittling’ https://tinyurl.com/5n84fjfe
• Conveyancing fees down a fifth since stamp duty holiday - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/2ekxnkhf
• Solicitor convicted in US of helping wealthy family evade taxes is struck off | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2993d8my