20th May - Law News

Edition 4528: 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 Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has announced he is seeking arrest warrants for leaders from Israel, including the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and from Hamas, over alleged war crimes. Middle East Correspondent Allyson Horne tells Manny Tsigas this is a long running investigation. 

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

• Law Society guidance for solicitors on supporting disabled workers | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/4auazxwj
  
• Ex-City lawyer handed 15 year jail term for role in £30 million Ponzi scheme - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UhdyYS4zRC
  
• Drop CILEX proposals and focus on your core duties, Law Society tells Solicitors Regulation Authority | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/5n8bbu57
  
• Law firms' complaints records to be published in improvement push - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/2p8xusw6
  
• When you start from the seabed and have to define the law of state immunity along the way. But last week’s Supreme Court judgment in Argentum Exploration v Republic of South Africa has been widely welcomed | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/bdz5ruzd
  
• Opinion: What whisky does for Scotland | Scottish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/3b6nswyx
  
• 'Cows kill more pedestrians': Solicitors split on dangerous cycling offences | Law Gazette https://t.co/crN3jtCqtJ