1st February - Law News

Edition 4785: 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: Exile. Imprisonment. The end of elections. We know what tyranny looks like once it’s underway. But how does it start? In the Opinion Video above, you’ll meet people from around the world who missed the warning signs of tyranny taking root in their home countries. They can see the red flags, in retrospect. And they have a word of caution: The rule of law doesn’t break down overnight, and checks and balances don’t collapse in an instant.

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

• Veteran barrister disbarred for "recklessly misleading" tribunal - Legal Futures
• Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has written a letter to Google asking the firm to reconsider its decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico
• Asylum seekers who refuse rescue in Channel may face five-year jail terms. Bill introduced to parliament includes new offences hoped to disrupt small boat crossings by targeting people smugglers
• Data Protection Commission loses EU court challenge to EDPB’s authority | Irish Legal News
• Hundreds protest in London as jailed climate activists’ appeals are heard. Road outside high court blocked in protest at ‘draconian’ sentences given to 16 Just Stop Oil ‘political prisoners’
• Market for alternative legal services providers grows by 40% - Legal Futures
• Staff working in ‘brutal’ conditions at some of UK’s biggest festivals, union says. Some staff work 18-hour days, some sleep on floor and some have no access to drinking water, finds research