16th January - Law News

Edition 5134 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: James Miller (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas) JCPC/2019/0115

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 Law Society of Scotland is seeking urgent clarification from the Scottish government on why legal aid has again been ignored in the final budget before this year’s Holyrood election | Scottish Legal News
• West Midlands police commissioner criticises MPs (all linked to Friends of Israel) for bias against chief constable: Simon Foster is the man responsible for deciding if Craig Guildford should be fired over known hooligan fostering Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv's ban
• Law firm granted injunction following major disclosure error - Legal Futures
• Lawyers have called on Labour leader Ivana Bacik to pressure her British counterpart, Keir Starmer, on behalf of Palestine solidarity activists on hunger strike in UK prisons | Irish Legal News
• Victims’ commissioner for England and Wales warns against U-turn on limiting jury trials: Claire Waxman says justice system risks collapse and no other viable way to drastically reduce courts backlog
• Revealed: SRA withdraws complaints-handling rule changes - Legal Futures
• Justice for Jeyasre: how a brutal murder led to a better deal for garment workers in #India