29th June - Law News

Edition 4568: 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: They’re part of a multi national force that the United States has pushed for, and the United Nations has sanctioned, to try and stop the country’s gangs, which have siezed control of the capital Port-au-Prince. But there are doubts about how effective they'll be And, unsurprisingly, the gangs are promising more violence when they head out onto the streets.

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

• Current money laundering provisions are a ‘disproportionate’ burden for solicitors, particularly those at small law firms, the Law Society has said | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/5bzs3w3v
• Elena Kagan’s scathing Chevron dissent highlights US supreme court’s disregard for precedent. The court is turning into ‘an administrative czar’, says liberal justice after 40-year-old doctrine is overturned #US https://tinyurl.com/5ujnvy4c
  
• The Judicial Appointments Commission is seeking a further 18 fee-paid judges for the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/2uwpazbs
• ICC decision on Netanyahu arrest warrant may be delayed by UK. Britain to make legal arguments over jurisdiction in case of alleged war crimes by the Israeli PM https://tinyurl.com/yse8b9p8
• Planning permission for oil extraction at Horse Hill, Surrey, must take into account the environmental impact of combustion emissions when the crude oil is refined and burned, the Supreme Court has held in a landmark judgment | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/mry8d4uc
• Post Office scandal: ex-Fujitsu engineer accused of ‘hiding’ IT problems. Lawyers acting for victims of Horizon IT scandal accuse Gareth Jenkins of protecting ‘out of control monster’ https://tinyurl.com/4z55rdbb
• The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) board was due to vote this week to scrap or proceed with its proposals for the SRA to regulate authorised and non-authorised members of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/9hybc9fp