4th November - Law News

Edition 5061: 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: Yemshaw v London Borough of Hounslow UKSC/2010/0060 https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uks... Hearing date: 2 December 2010 Session: Morning session [Session 1 of 2] Judgment date: 26 January 2011 Neutral citation: [2011] UKSC 3

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

• Firms increasingly open to private equity, HSBC survey suggests | Law Gazette
• Victims robbed of £4bn in ‘insulting’ car loan redress scheme, say claims firms - Financial Conduct Authority defends interest rate of 2.09% as critics describe proposals as ‘hypocritical’
• In depth: Family Division president's parting shots | Law Gazette
• Justin Baldoni's $400m (£295m) lawsuit against his former co-star Blake Lively has been formally ended by a judge, who said the actor and director had failed to meet a deadline to continue his claim
• Anthony Williams, 32, from Peterborough, has been charged with 11 counts of attempted murder, one count of actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed article, the Crown Prosecution Service said after incident on Saturday evening
• Fifth of law firms looking to option of private equity backing - Legal Futures
• Pregnant Teeside teenager Bella Culley, who had been facing drug trafficking charges in #Georgia, has said she felt "happy and relieved" as she was freed from prison