24th November - Law News

Edition 4716: 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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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

• A case management portal and two websites will be launched by the Supreme Court and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council next month, to streamline permission to appeal applications and make ‘interactions with the court as effortless as possible’
• #Laos methanol poisonings: Free shots and beer buckets in party town - They are among six foreign tourists who have died from what is believed to be a mass incident of methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng
• SRA proposes tighter safeguards on client money: Solicitors could lose their right to handle client money, following the Axiom Ince debacle | New Law Journal
• Revealed: trans rights case at #US supreme court features doctors previously discredited by judges. Tennessee relied on doctors rebuked by courts for inexperience and bias to defend its trans healthcare ban
• Human rights activists face reprisals for opposing extractive industries, says report. Peace Brigades International calling for new act to force companies with links to UK to do due diligence
• #Spain has fined five budget airlines a total of €179m (£149m) for "abusive practices" including charging for hand luggage. Ryanair has been given the largest fine of €108m (£90m), followed by EasyJet's penalty of €29m (£24m)
• #Israeli PM Netanyahu faces arrest if he travels to the UK, after an international arrest warrant was issued for him. A No 10 spokesman refused to comment on the specific case but said the government would fulfil its "legal obligations"