10th June - Law News

Edition 4549: 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: As top-level professional sports continue to battle on-field homophobic incidents, local sporting clubs have been warned they risk losing a generation of players unless they commit to reducing discrimination. New research has revealed young LGBTQIA+ people are leaving the sports they love amid alarming rates of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia at a recreational level.

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

• Labour pledges 80 new rape courts in bid to tackle backlog crisis. Plan for specialist unit in all police forces amid manifesto drive to reduce violence against women and girls https://tinyurl.com/3mwhntdn
  
• Upholding the rule of law can boost economic and societal progress, study finds - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0lXLaZGywf
  
• Restrictions on carrying liquids over 100ml in hand luggage are temporarily reintroduced at some regional airports from 00:01 on Sunday 9 June 2024: will affect passengers at Newcastle, Leeds Bradford, London City, Aberdeen, Southend & Teesside airports https://tinyurl.com/mpw3z5hu
• Furious Property Lawyers Action Group members demand special general meeting | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/rzsrz67u
• Raft of firms called in for Waste Management's $7.2bn Stericycle acquisition - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PbF6wKifkP
• The teenage con artist behind a £2.5m global crime spree - Elliot Castro was 16 and selling mobile phones from a Glasgow call centre when he first conned someone out of their bank details https://tinyurl.com/3pzz6dxa
• Employment lawyer to pay costs after claiming against wrong firm - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/3ec8s5r3