9th September - Law News

Edition 4640: 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:  Australians 16 and over to be asked about sexual orientation, gender in 2026 census. The federal government's hoping the move will repair the fallout from its handling of the census question, as it attempts to gain control of the political agenda ahead of parliament's return.  

 

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

• Court grants 'persons unknown' injunction against street racing in West Midlands | Law Gazette
• IBA voices ‘great concern’ over Mexico’s ‘far-reaching’ judicial reform proposals - The Global Legal Post
• The (inadvertent) perils of a strictly formal equality: Re Mediahuis and others' applications for judicial review [2024] NIKB 45 - UK Human Rights Blog
• Grenfell Inquiry should have run ‘in parallel’ with criminal probe, says Michael Mansfield KC | Law Gazette
• A Bill to resentence prisoners still serving imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences has been introduced to the House of Lords | New Law Journal
• The Weekly Round-Up: Taliban Morality Law, Govt to Appeal Protest Ruling, & Scottish Prisons 'Broken' - UK Human Rights Blog
• First step to AI regulation as government signs Council of Europe Framework Convention | Law Gazette