27th June - Law News

Edition 4566: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

-------------------------------------------------------------

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Calm is returning to the Bolivian capital of La Paz, with an attempted coup appearing to have failed. The president had announced soldiers were amassing outside the presidential palace, and called Bolivians into the streets to resist the rebellion. Troops have withdrawn, and the former head of the armed forces has been arrested.

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

• A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged after allegedly stealing from a man who collapsed and died in north London. PC Craig Carter is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday charged with misconduct in public office https://t.co/rXoNr5GTHr
• Part-time judges lose appeal in long-running pensions dispute | Law Gazette https://t.co/SUhc9YavZ6
• SRA fails in appeal over solicitor cleared of AML breaches - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/557xx7nr
• Private car parks in the UK are to offer motorists a 10-minute "grace period" before they impose a charge for overstaying. The measure was announced as part of a new code of practice companies have pledged to implement in the autumn https://t.co/YuA4st9O4S
• SRA imposes section 43 restrictions on former firm employee over stamp duty refund | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/yystwkzd
• High Court throws out SRA’s appeal against SDT ruling in AML case | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/474kskrd
• Conveyancer backdated deed he had forgotten to draft - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/5x54y6cm