4th January - Law News

Edition 4757: 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: Some of Australia's biggest polluters are now required to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and how they're managing climate-related risks. Business sustainability expert Matthew Egan says it’ll be a challenge for many companies as talking about the future in climate change is largely a grim scenario.

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

• 'Ripped off' caravan owners start compensation fight
• Govind Pansare murder: Bombay High Court ends monitoring of probe, orders quick trial. The Bench observed that the only remaining aspect was the tracing of two absconding accused, which need not be monitored by the Court #India
• Partners struck off for misleading HM Land Registry - Legal Futures
• Mitch McConnell’s legacy: A ‘grim reaper’ for #US bipartisanship? McConnell is set to step down as the longest-serving Senate leader. Experts say he transformed the chamber into a battlefield
• Law firm defends employment case "entirely of its own making" - Legal Futures
• Apple has agreed to pay $95m (£77m) to settle a court case alleging some of its devices were listening to people without their permission
• Elon Musk's attack on the government's handling of grooming gangs is "misjudged and certainly misinformed", Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said