10th June - Law News

Edition 4914: 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: In the matter of an application by Lorraine Gallagher for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland); UKSC/2016/0195 R (P, G and W) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another UKSC/2017/0121 R (P) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and others UKSC/2017/0170

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

• Legal Aid Agency cyber attack: Justice secretary obtains court injunctions over data | Law Gazette
• Mark Gordon said in his closing speech that the prosecution had "just made things up" during his retrial with Constance Marten at the Old Bailey in London
• A ban on a "destructive" type of fishing that drags large nets along the seafloor could be extended across English waters, the government has said. The proposal would expand the ban on bottom trawling from 18,000km2 to 48,000km2
• GDPR claim against DWF over personal injury clients is abusive, High Court hears | Law Gazette
• A British teenager jailed in #Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl has pleaded with the authorities for clemency. Marcus Fakana, 19, was sentenced in December to a year's imprisonment after a consensual relationship with the girl
• Leading legal academics call for "overriding ethical duty" - Legal Futures
• Criminal justice pilot to give rape complainants right to have case reviewed by different prosecutor | Law Gazette