14th December - Law News

Edition 5101: 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:  Cassell and another v The Queen (Montserrat) JCPC/2013/0056

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

• The bookies have won again, after the Court of Appeal dismissed property millionaire Lee Gibson’s case against Betfair for allowing him to keep betting until he lost more than £1.4m | NLJ
• CPS ‘retention policy’ leaves judge in the dark over domestic abuser’s previous convictions | Law Gazette
• The Crown cannot be held vicariously liable for the alleged acts of an Aberdeen judge toward a legal practitioner, the Supreme Court has unanimously held | NLJ
• Back to the future on client money: SRA to require annual accountants’ reports | Law Gazette
• The legal profession is punching above its weight by pulling in record amounts of money for the UK economy and boosting Britain’s reputation overseas, according to research | NLJ
• Lord Chancellor chairs first panel meeting to promote ‘hidden super-power’ of English law - The Global Legal Post
• The Metropolitan Police has said it will "take no further action" over claims Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his police protection officer for information on accuser Virginia Giuffre