23rd October - Law News

Edition 4684: 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:  Senator Lidia Thorpe has refused to resign after her vocal protest during King Charles's visit to Parliament House. But for grassroots communities and First Nations' leaders across the country, there's been mixed emotions.

 

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 "lacks jurisdiction" to protect party's lawyers from abuse - Legal Futures
• The assisted dying debate is about so much more than kindness v conservatism
• The Family Courts Bill 2022 has been passed by the Seanad | Irish Legal News
• Suspended prison sentence for unregulated immigration adviser - Legal Futures
• Teacher murdered in front of schoolchildren as Lima gripped by crime wave. Extortion rackets killed seven people in less than 12 hours in Lima recently, despite a two-month state of emergency
• Licensed conveyancers “looking to recruit from school” - Legal Futures
• Fewer women may go to jail in England and Wales in sentencing review. Review to examine scrapping short sentences and treating more offenders in the community, with prisons filling up again