26th September - Law News

Edition 4657: 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:  Just two Western Australia shopkeepers have been prosecuted for illegally selling vapes in the past two years, despite the state government boasting it has the toughest anti-vaping laws in the country.

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

• Law Society of Northern Ireland resisting judicial review over disciplinary tribunal orders | Irish Legal News
• Most of the riders who had illegally modified e-bikes seized in the City of London in the past year were food deliverers trying to get a faster vehicle to do their job, the head of a specialist unit seizing the bikes has said
• A former police officer has been handed more than £1m in compensation after it was ruled she had been discriminated against. Katrina Hibbert was a safeguarding sergeant with Thames Valley Police, working with victims of child sexual and drug exploitation
• Lord Carloway presides over last new legal year | Scottish Legal News
• AI use among lawyers soaring but impact on fees uncertain - Legal Futures
• FLAC inundated with 50,000 calls for legal assistance | Irish Legal News
• The parents of a student with chronic anxiety who killed herself ahead of a university presentation have welcomed new guidance for disabled students. University of Bristol student Natasha Abrahart was found dead in her flat in April 2018