16th April - Law News

Edition 4859: 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 Climate Council report says 80 suburbs throughout Australia are now deemed "critical risk zones", and urges authorities to work with insurance companies to find answers.

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

• Financial Conduct Authority investigates how banks and building societies handle power of attorney | Law Gazette
• The owner of Pontins holiday parks has been charged with corporate manslaughter after an air conditioning duct fell on guests at a resort. Eighteen people were injured at Pontins Brean Sands, Somerset
• "You've put a target on my back" - Hamas barrister responds to pro-Israel TV presenter - Legal Futures
• I became like a slave’: why 43 women are suing the secretive Opus Dei Catholic group in #Argentina
• UK-based A&O Shearman among four more law firms striking $125m pro bono deal with Trump administration to end DEI probe | Law Gazette
• Government minister Lucy Powell's X account has been hacked to promote a scam "House of Commons" cryptocurrency. A string of now deleted posts on the House of Commons leader's account described the "$HCC" coin as "a community-driven digital currency
• Over half of new partners women at Eversheds Sutherland, Taylor Wessing and Leigh Day | Law Gazette