15th April - Law News

Edition 5223 LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

Today's Highlighted Video: Sian Participation Corp (In Liquidation) (Appellant) v Halimeda International Ltd (Respondent) (Virgin Islands) Case ID: JCPC/2023/0055

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

• UK government urged to set out timetable for ‘Philomena’s law’ | Irish Legal News
• Law firm fails in appeal against £68k fine for AML failures - Legal Futures
• Domestic abuser who caused death of wife jailed for eight years in landmark case | Scottish Legal News
• Eleven Metropolitan Police officers are being investigated by the police watchdog for their handling of the initial inquiry into a crash in Wimbledon that killed two schoolgirls three years ago
• Founder of Starmer’s legal chambers condemns Labour plans to cut jury trials. Geoffrey Robertson says proposals to reduce backlog are betrayal of party’s values and a ‘cure worse than the disease’
• Increase in consumer law complaints to CCPC | Irish Legal News