29th July - Law News

Edition 4598: 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 17 year old boy is in custody and will be questioned by police - after an horrific knife attack near Liverpool which left two children dead and nine injured - six of them critically. Two adults are also in critical condition. 

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

• Minister says SLAPPs action 'urgent' – but refuses to commit | Law Gazette
• Man held after at least eight people injured in Southport stabbing. Armed officers seize knife after a number of people hurt in ‘major incident’, say Merseyside police
• A HMP Wandsworth prison officer who was filmed having sex with an inmate has admitted misconduct in a public office. Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, was on duty at the south London prison when she entered the prisoner’s cell on 27 June and had sex with him
• Akhmed Yakoob, the lawyer for the family at the centre of the Manchester airport brawl has said he is stepping aside as investigations into the incident gather pace. 19-year-old Muhammed Fahir had his head stamped on by a Manchester police officer
• A ban on puberty blockers introduced by the previous government using emergency legislation was lawful, the High Court has ruled
• A senior judge has issued an arrest warrant for far-right Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - known by his alias Tommy Robinson - after learning he has left the country on the eve of a major legal case against him
• Law Society "must become more responsive to members" after SGM - Legal Futures