23rd September - Law News

Edition 4654: 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 couple in the US have filed a lawsuit against tech company Lovo after they allegedly found AI copies of their own voices online. "A tech company stole our voices, made AI clones of them, and sold them possibly hundreds of thousands of times," Linnea Sage said. The firm has not yet responded to their claims or the BBC's requests for comment. Lovo co-founder Tom Lee has previously said its voice-cloning software only needs a user to read about 50 sentences to create a faithful clone.

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

• The Crown Prosecution Service has said that it twice considered bringing charges against ex-Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed but concluded there was no realistic prospect of a conviction
• The Weekly Round-up: Cumbria coal mine quashed, Finucane public inquiry announced, fire and rehire practices in the Supreme Court - UK Human Rights Blog
• SSBA survey ‘paints bleak picture’ for criminal defence profession | Scottish Legal News
• Law Pod UK latest: Raising Racism at Inquests - UK Human Rights Blog
• Report flags thousands of administrative errors in Northern Ireland criminal courts | Irish Legal News
• Northern Ireland minister challenges judge’s sentencing remarks | Irish Legal News
• The Ministry of Justice appears unwilling to move on providing more free court transcripts amid calls for transcripts for all trials to be made freely available to parliamentarians | Law Gazette