4th September - Law News

Edition 4635: 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: During Spring and Summer, the UK coast should be abuzz with seabirds raising the next generation. But these globally important colonies are in danger of being lost with populations in decline. The bleak tally of birds making onto the red list of species at risk of extinction is increasing because of overfishing of their prey species, the impacts of climate change, and avian flu, among other reasons.

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

• 'Where were they arrested?' Duty solicitor schemes in the Midlands adjusted | Law Gazette
• Claim against law firm thrown out over LiP's service failure - Legal Futures
• ‘People tend to think these battles have been won’: Next equal pay claimant on fight for recognition. Helen Scarsbrook says company, which is appealing against the ruling, hasn’t recognised value of female shop floor staff
• Legal Omubdsman restarts work on publishing decisions - Legal Futures
• Extremist #Israeli settlers rapidly seizing West Bank land illegally. The October 7th hostages was a charade to drive out Palestinians
• ‘Broken’ prison system sets inmates up to fail, top Scottish inspector says. Lack of funding, resources and rehabilitation leads to ‘bored and angry’ prisoners, Wendy Sinclair-Gieben says
• Hewlett Packard to pursue Mike Lynch’s estate for up to $4bn. Tech company says it will follow legal proceedings ‘to their conclusion’ after tycoon’s death last month