18th January - Law News

Edition 5136 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: Providence Building Services Limited (Respondent) v Hexagon Housing Association Limited (Appellant)

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

• Justice Secretary David Lammy has blocked the transfer to an open prison of a killer accused of releasing rap music about murdering 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen
• Judge to protect noncitizen academics involved in case from ‘authoritarian’ Trump. Reagan appointee moves to protect those challenging arrest and deportation of pro-Palestinian activists #US
• Bar campaigns will focus on protecting juries, legal aid and children’s rights in the year ahead with a working group already looking into the age of criminal responsibility, chair Kirsty Brimelow KC has said | New Law Journal
• King's Bench chief latest leading judge to announce retirement | Law Gazette
• #Israel lobbied Britain to change law on war crimes arrests: The Israeli government waged a decade-long campaign to protect its officials from criminal proceedings in Britain, leaked files show
• The extension of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) from low-value personal injury to most civil cases worth up to £100,000 ‘is failing to deliver what it promised’, the Law Society has warned | New Law Journal
• Richard Orpin has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the Legal Services Board (LSB), which oversees all nine legal regulators | New Law Journal