19th August - Law News

Edition 4619: 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: Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians in the strip. Current figures show over 2,300 are still being held, while more than 1,900 have been released back into Gaza without any charge or explanation for why they were imprisoned in the first place. Those released show clear signs of mistreatment but in testimony collected for this programme we can reveal shocking allegations of physical, psychological and sexual abuse inflicted on Palestinian detainees.

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

• Reputation management partner from London law firm set to face SDT over alleged phone call threat | Law Gazette
• Guide sets out “consistent process” for AI approach to e-discovery - Legal Futures
• Part-time paralegal succeeds in employment tribunal over 'sham' redundancy exercise | Law Gazette
• #Bangladesh’s interim prime minister Dr Yunus promises support to Rohingya in first policy speech
• Public urged to hand in zombie knives and machetes ahead of ban - From 24 September, the weapons will be banned under legislation passed by the Conservatives while they were still in power
• One in 20 child strip-searches by police were not compliant with legal codes of practice in England and Wales over five years, a report by the Children’s Commissioner has found
• Lawyers welcome infected blood scandal compensation progress for victims and their families | Law Gazette