6th January - Law News

Edition 4759: 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: Another infant in Gaza has died from hypothermia amid severe weather and a lack of adequate shelters. The grieving father, seen at the hospital morgue, has lost two children to hypothermia this winter. These tragedies are part of the broader impact of the Israeli military’s actions in the region.

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

• Commons to Lords: the timeline for assisted dying bill’s progress. Bill begins its next parliamentary stage next month, with amendments expected before it proceeds
• Bar Council cannot charge certificate verification fees for enrollment: Kerala High Court #India
• Racism, fatigue and apathy: Why the world has forgotten #Sudan
• Labour goes slow on rape courts pledge amid fears over shortage of lawyers
• Silence on #Israel’s massacres of journalists is dangerous to all. International media’s reluctance to show solidarity with Palestinian journalists could backfire
• #India has scaled back visa operations in Bangladesh, hitting thousands of patients who visit its hospitals for critical care, and bleeding India’s own medical tourism industry of revenue
• Fears of unrest as PM considers open prisons for more offenders. Unions concerned about potential rise in violence, drug abuse and the threat of riots at low-security facilities in England and Wales