6th September - Law News

Edition 5002: 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: HM Treasury v Mohammed al-Ghabra; HMT v Mohammed Jabar Ahmed; R (Hani El Sayed Sabaei Youssef) v HMT

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

• Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings. The extreme right-wing Reform Party leader's’s use of television star-style arrangement is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
• Two thirds of lawyers using AI - with nearly half on off-the-shelf systems | Law Gazette
• Government unable to calculate Afghan data breach cost, watchdog says: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) estimates the cost of the massive data breach - and setting up a new scheme to relocate those whose lives might be at risk over it - to be £850m
• Public access barristers used mainly for advice, not representation - Legal Futures
• Judiciary stays silent over justice secretary's veto on sentencing guidelines | Law Gazette
• From fake text messages about unpaid tickets to tampered car park machines that secretly steal your card details, fraudsters are becoming increasingly creative
• Administrators of Liverpool law firm McDermott Smith concerned about payments to third parties | Law Gazette