22nd November - Law News

Edition 5079: 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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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

• Company that failed to pay £2 million penalty says SFO cannot enforce DPA | Law Gazette
• The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) failed to investigate a £170m diamond scam despite receiving a report from a whistleblower almost a year before the scheme collapsed
• Judge blames law firm not solicitor for fake AI cases - Legal Futures
• Solicitor banned after pretending to be a fellow director to secure a company loan | Law Gazette
• Top judge resumes contempt inquiry into Trump El Salvador deportations. James Boasberg demands sworn testimony to determine whether US officials defied March court order #US 
• Migrants to UK will not get benefits until becoming citizens under new plans. Refugee Council says plans would create ‘expensive bureaucracy’ and keep people in limbo
• WhatsApp messages have revealed how a prominent MEP for Nigel Farage's Brexit Party, Nathan Gill, took bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign in the European Parliament