8th December - Law News

Edition 4730: 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 group of young adults born during or just after the 1994 genocide against Rwanda's Tutsi people gather to find the courage to break a powerful taboo.

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

• The Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood has raised the personal injury discount rate (PIDR)—used by the courts to calculate lump sum awards for long-term injuries—from -0.25% to 0.5% | New Law Journal
• ‘Slapping therapy’ healer jailed for gross negligence manslaughter of woman. Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, fell fatally ill after she stopped taking insulin for type 1 diabetes during Hongchi Xiao’s retreat
• Competition law and litigation solicitor Lucy Rigby, former partner at Hausfeld, appointed Solicitor General, replacing Sarah Sackman KC, who replaces Heidi Alexander as justice minister for the courts, legal aid and civil justice in a mini-shuffle
• The role of the Statement in Open Court in reputational disputes – the case of Dyer v MGN Limited - The Global Legal Post
• ‘Busybody’ fines up 42% in 2023 in England and Wales, report shows. Majority of 19,162 penalties issued by greedy private enforcement companies contracted by councils
• Influencers selling fake cures for polycystic ovary syndrome: Medically unqualified and many with more than a million followers - are exploiting the absence of an easy medical solution for PCOS
• Few costs lawyers have seen any reduction in disputes between solicitors and their clients despite the ruling in Belsner, the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) annual members survey has found | New Law Journal