22nd August - Law News

Edition 4622: 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: Doctors at a top Indian government hospital in Delhi have ended an 11-day strike and protest against a rape and murder of a doctor. The strike end came hours after an appeal by the supreme court called for doctors to return to full duties. Demonstrations are continuing in Kolkata after the trainee doctor's body was found earlier this month in a state-run hospital where she worked. She had worked a night shift and her death sparked huge protests as well as a nation-wide conversation on violence against women in India. 

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

• ‘Justice is served’: relief at ex-Kony commander’s conviction in #Uganda. Most welcome Thomas Kwoyelo’s guilty verdict but some say the ex-child soldier was himself a victim of the LRA
• Councillors in Edinburgh have voted for the introduction of a tourist tax aimed at raising up to £50m a year. The city will become the first in Scotland to charge a transient visitor levy on stays, with profits used to fund improvements to the capital
• Judge criticies Freshfields for approach to draft judgment - Legal Futures
• MoJ refused to repay living costs to wrongly convicted partly to save money. Letter shows department wanted to avoid ‘significant administrative and other financial costs’
• Judge says solicitor made “false” declaration on witness statements - Legal Futures
• Regulators “must warn lawyers against taking advantage of LiPs” - Legal Futures
• In South Africa, patriarchal law cuts some women off from owning their home. How a land law seeking to fix the racial injustices of apartheid created gender barriers for Black women instead