21st August - Law News

Edition 4621: 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: Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March but Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, Jack Anderson, tells The World's Yvonne Yong he will not be suspended because the International Tennis Integrity Agency determined the banned performance-enhancer entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his physiotherapist.

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

• Two solicitors appointed to Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News
• Six men have been arrested after an inmate died at a prison in Leicestershire. Police were called to HMP Fosse Way, in Tigers Way, Glen Parva, on Tuesday, after a 31-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell
• Law student wins partial victory in court challenge to expulsion - Legal Futures
• Carol Higgins was 15 when she first reported her father’s abuse to the police. They told her he wouldn’t be charged. But she refused to let it rest until he finally stood trial
• A black Metropolitan Police officer has described being treated like “an animal” by some of his white colleagues and accused the force of handing down “pathetic punishments” to those who have made racist comments
• #Romanian police have searched the houses of controversial influencer Andrew Tate as part of an investigation into new allegations against him. The internet personality was already awaiting trial for rape and human trafficking
• The recent case of Paul Frame v Abellio Scotrail [2024] Limited involved many complex issues including foreseeable risk of injury, breach of duty of care, and causation | Scottish Legal News