21st May - Law News

Edition 4529: 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 Guardian US investigation is reporting allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour by illusionist David Copperfield.

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

• Infected blood scandal: inquiry chair Sir Brian Langstaff demands statutory duty of candour | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3v458t4b
  
• In a bold and symbolic protest against Iran’s ban on female pilots. A group of Iranian women’s rights activists took a striking stand at Tehran airport https://t.co/KdwlAgzlbh
  
• Former Post Office lawyer Jane MacLeod ‘won’t co-operate’ with inquiry | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3pfutcuj
  
• High Court rejects SRA appeal against £75,000 costs order - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/3y9tb5ya
  
• In depth - Conveyancing: MPs hear pleas to mandate upfront information in house sales | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/46skkkxh
  
• New group to advance legal careers for those with experience of care - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/4pbbcd2u
  
• Integration of digital justice will ensure users do 'not fall between the cracks of the system' | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/36k26hyc