5th January - Law News

Edition 4758: 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: Apple has agreed to pay $95m (£77m) to settle a court case alleging some of its devices were listening to people without their permission. The tech giant was accused of eavesdropping on its customers through its virtual assistant Siri. The claimants also allege voice recordings were shared with advertisers. Apple, which has not admitted any wrongdoing, has been approached for comment.

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

• MP’s call to ban cousin marriage is prejudiced: Dr Qurratul-Ain Rehman pclaims there is low risk of birth defects in children born to consanguineous parents in response to Richard Holden’s bill
• Trinidad and Tobago’s streets are a bloodbath. Yet all our politicians offer are platitudes
• Paddy Hill obituary: One of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted for the 1974 pub bombings in the city who spent 17 years in jail
• A cyber hacker has pleaded guilty to stealing unreleased music from artists including Coldplay, Canadian singer Shawn Mendes and US singer Bebe Rexha. Skylar Dalziel made about £42,000 by selling the tracks online
• Police investigate after 'Sara Sharif killer attacked in prison'
• African-American #US Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was tasered and arrested by police following a confrontation with officers in Miami, Florida
• BCI moves Supreme Court for increase in enrolment fee, highlights financial crunch: The top court had in July 2024 ruled that State Bar Councils and the BCI cannot charge enrolment fees in excess of the limit prescribed by the Advocates Act #India