21st January - Law News

Edition 5139 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 Marouf) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) Previous case name: R (on the application of Toraane and another) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) UKSC/2021/0195

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

• Foundation launches grant programme for class action proceeds - Legal Futures
• Inspections without notice, regular MOT-style checks and compulsory water efficiency labels on appliances are among the key measures in the government's overhaul of the water industry
• Solicitor who lied to his firm about having cancer and faked a medical report struck off by SDT | Law Gazette
• ‘I was afraid for my life’: the transgender refugees fleeing Trump’s America. Fear, abuse and eroding rights for trans people have created a hostile environment in the #US – can they claim asylum in the Netherlands?
• The government has launched a consultation on banning social media for under 16s in the UK as a part of a series of measures which it says are intended to "protect young people's wellbeing.
• Unclaimed £3.7m from boundary fares class action to fund free legal advice | Law Gazette
• ‘They’re emboldened’: British far-right step up harassment of asylum seekers in northern France. Aid groups say rise of far-right rhetoric in politics has fed into intimidation, vandalism and hate graffiti around migrant camps