25th May - Law News

Edition 4533: 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 International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, delivers its Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures and the modification of provisional measures previously prescribed by the Court submitted by South Africa on 10 May 2024 in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel), on 24 May 2024, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court. Session held under the presidency of Judge Nawaf Salam, President of the Court.

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

• Sir Brian Langstaff, chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, which published its 2,500-page final report this week, has called for a statutory duty of candour to be imposed on civil servants and healthcare leaders | New Law Journal https://t.co/fdILguhj9l
• Magistrate issued with formal advice over ‘lie' about fellow magistrates | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/bdzfh2at
• There is no default entitlement to indemnity costs for the claimant where a defendant has unsuccessfully suggested the claim is fundamentally dishonest, the Court of Appeal has held | New Law Journal https://t.co/aHV13i34bj
• London’s Commercial Court sees rise in international litigants despite sharp fall in number of Russians - The Global Legal Post https://tinyurl.com/yc6zs6hy
• A High Court judge has ruled that comments Joey Barton made about Jeremy Vine on social media were defamatory. The former footballer was sued by the radio and TV presenter for libel and harassment over 14 posts on on X https://tinyurl.com/42bdk56r
  
• Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry live: Paula Vennells faces public inquiry | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/52m36va5
  
• The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has issued a dramatic ruling, ordering #Israel to "immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah" https://tinyurl.com/546s58zx