11th November - Law News

Edition 4703: 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:  America has elected Donald Trump for a second time following a convincing victory over Kamala Harris. In the final instalment of Anywhere but Washington, Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone travel to Michigan to watch the final days of the race; as fervent Trump supporters hit the streets, young women mobilise behind Harris, and chaos and despair drive rival election night parties.

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

• University graduates across the UK are being urged by a campaign group to check whether they are due a refund on their student loan repayment after it was revealed that nearly £200m was overpaid last year
• Survey: Expert witnesses berate solicitors for bias ‘pressure’ and late payment | Law Gazette
• The #US government has brought charges against an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Donald Trump before he was elected as the next president
• The use of artificial intelligence (AI) by solicitors is now universal, with almost all—96%—of 500 UK solicitors surveyed confirming their firm uses AI in their processes in some way | New Law Journal
• Al Fayed: Watchdog to review police handling of abuse claims
• Tribunal finds law firm Fieldfisher dismissed senior lawyer unfairly over colleague's false sexual assault allegation | Law Gazette
• Cop29 CEO filmed agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at climate summit. Elnur Soltanov recorded speaking with fake oil and gas group that asked for deals in exchange for sponsoring talks