11th August - Law News

Edition 4611: 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: Rescue teams in Gaza City say up to 100 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school building in Gaza City where thousands of people had been sheltering. EU leaders called it an "intolerable number" of victims.

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/X feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• In depth: Morale on the bench has nosedived - but the UK is not alone | Law Gazette
• Parents of girl who died in Southport stabbing say her sister witnessed attack. Bebe King’s parents pay tribute to their ‘sweet, kind, and spirited’ daughter and reveal her older sister escaped attack
• UK has once-in-a-generation chance to allow assisted dying, says Labour peer. Lord Falconer reveals that Keir Starmer will not block Commons vote on giving terminally ill people choice of ending their lives
• The Weekly Round-up: Family reunification scheme for Afghan refugees, world’s first AI regulation and puberty blocker ban lawful - UK Human Rights Blog
• Labour donor calls for review as far-right Southport rioter is jailed for less time than peaceful Just Stop Oil protester. ‘Two-tier policing’ claims are nonsense, but government is guilty of ‘two-tier sentencing’, says green energy boss Dale Vince
• Law Pod UK Ep.204: 3 Essential Clinical Negligence Updates - UK Human Rights Blog
• Financial Conduct Authority inviting bids for £20m worth of legal advice | Law Gazette