19th December - Law News

Edition 4741: 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: A day after Vanuatu suffered a powerful earthquake, landslides and aftershocks have damaged water infrastructure and pose risks to public health. Dr Basil Leodoro from Respond Global is on the HELPR-1 vessel, checking on outer islands before travelling to the capital Port Vila. He joined The World to discuss the significant clean up effort, which he says could take years.

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

• Government to increase medical report fees - at some point in 2025 - Legal Futures
• More than 140 #Kenya Facebook moderators sue after diagnoses of severe PTSD: Lawsuit brought by former moderators against parent company Meta and outsourcer Samasource Kenya
• What are Waspi women, and what is the row about their state pension?
• UK proposes letting tech firms use copyrighted work to train AI. Consultation suggests opt-out scheme for creatives who don’t want their work used by Google, OpenAI and others
• A driver who was filmed inhaling laughing gas behind the wheel before a 100mph crash has pleaded guilty to killing three teenage friends. Thomas Johnson was speeding when his car hit a tree
• Police can seize more than £2m from rape and human trafficking allegations linked Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, after they failed to pay tax on £21m of revenue from their online businesses, a court has ruled
• Facebook has severely restricted the ability of Palestinian news outlets to reach an audience during #Israel's genocide in Gaza, as has the BBC and mainstream media, according to research