7th December - Law News

Edition 5094: 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 Hicks and others) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis UKSC/2015/0017

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

• Barristers have been warned to be on guard against anthropomorphism, hallucinations, information disorder, bias in data training, mistakes, data protection blunders and confidential data leaks when using generative artificial intelligence (AI) | NLJ
• Driving instructors are being offered kickbacks of up to £250 a month to sell their official test-booking login details to touts
• Solicitor, 30, killed in RTA helped three people through organ donation, inquest hears | Law Gazette
• The Legal Services Board (LSB) is consulting on proposals to replace its 2017 guidance on equality and diversity with an outcomes-based ‘framework’ for regulators | New Law Journal
• Far-right ‘Pink Ladies’ Laundering Anti-Migrant Views Into the Mainstream. An anti-migrant movement backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and regularly invited onto news channels is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist
• MPs will vote next week on an amendment to fast-track the change to the unfair dismissal qualifying period, as the government’s flagship Employment Rights Bill returns to the Commons | NLJ
• SRA rebukes Ealing solicitor for poor supervision after botched asylum statements and late judicial review filing | Law Gazette