17th November - Law News

Edition 4709: 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:  Scenes of destruction flooded social media timelines when clashes broke out following a football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Amsterdam. While the mainstream media framed the violence as anti-Semitic, many netizens and residents of Amsterdam say that Maccabi fans incited the violence with Islamophobic chants and the destruction of property. 

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

• More than 100 people have submitted claims for compensation after falling ill on a cruise ship. Lawyers representing passengers who travelled on P&O's Ventura said there had been "repeated outbreaks" of illness onboard between April and June
• A charity has been granted permission to bring a judicial review against the government’s decision to award oil exploration licences in the North Sea | New Law Journal
• Sky’s the limit: Supreme Court rules in broadcaster's marathon trade mark dispute with SkyNet | Law Gazette
• The Supreme Court has clarified the role of ‘bad faith’ in invalidating trademarks, in a dispute between a broadcaster and IT company over the word ‘Sky’ | New Law Journal
• The Chief of Staff to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being investigated by police over allegations of altering documents relating to the 7 October Hamas attack to portray his boss in a more favourable light #Israel
• MPs will debate the controversial Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill later this month | New Law Journal
  
• Elon Musk adds Microsoft to lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI