18th December - Law News

Edition 5105: 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:  R (on the application of Shindler and another) v Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster and another UKSC/2016/0105

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

• Managing partner “did not instigate” drunken kiss with paralegal - Legal Futures
• Nigel Farage told to apologise by 26 of his school contemporaries. Open letter to Reform UK leader expresses ‘dismay and anger’ at his response to racism and antisemitism allegations
• Starmer tells Abramovich to 'pay up now' or face court - Mr Abramovich, the former owner of Chelsea Football Club, pledged in 2022 that the £2.5bn he made from the sale of the club would be used to benefit victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Essay cheating at universities an 'open secret' despite new law - Since April 2022, it has been illegal to provide essays for students in post-16 education in England. But so far there have been no prosecutions
• The surviving suspect in Sunday's mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, the New South Wales police say #Australia
• PIL in Delhi High Court seeks fourfold compensation for Indigo cancellations, inquiry against DGCA | Bar & Bench #India
• Giving into Zionist propaganda, the Metropolitan and Greater Manchester police forces have said they will arrest people holding placards and chanting the phrase 'globalise the intifada' - an Arabic word for uprising