22nd May - Law News

Edition 4895: 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: The US has accepted dozens of white Afrikaner refugees, after the White House made unsubstantiated claims that white farmers are facing a genocide in South Africa. Now, Donald Trump and South Africa's president will meet face-to-face at a time of tension between the countries.

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

• Law firm Slater and Gordon wins court battle over client consent in damages deductions case | Law Gazette
• New episodes of Gary Lineker's podcast The Rest is Football will no longer appear on the BBC's audio streaming service after the presenter leaves the corporation in the wake of Zionist bosses objecting to his highlighting of #Israel's genocide in Gaza
• "Eyes-on, hands-off" - law firm boss calms fears over PE investment - Legal Futures
• Solicitor “used one bankruptcy to camouflage another” - Legal Futures
• The legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor has been upheld by the Supreme Court in a decision that is likely to reignite the debate over public access to land in England. Judges unanimously rejected an appeal by landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall
• Legal Aid Agency cyber attack: risk of lawyer payment delays and client blackmail threats | Law Gazette
• #US singer Chris Brown has been freed on bail by a court in London after being charged with inflicting an "unprovoked attack" in a nightclub in 2023