22nd April - Law News

Edition 5230 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: Following the sad news of the death of former Supreme Court Justice Lord Clarke on 16 April 2026, Lord Reed paid tribute to him at the beginning of today's UKSC hearing.

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

• City lawyer builds court bundle tool to help litigants in person | Law Gazette
• A man has pleaded guilty to the religiously aggravated rape and assault of a Sikh woman in her home in Walsall. The trial of John Ashby, 32, of no fixed address, began at Birmingham Crown Court
• ‘We’re massive video game fans’: technology lawyer trio launch IP, AI boutique in Washington DC - The Global Legal Post
• Solicitor builds AI adversary designed to dismantle legal arguments - Legal Futures
• Privacy campaigners have lost a High Court challenge aimed at limiting the Metropolitan Police's use of live facial recognition technology. Youth worker Shaun Thompson, and Silkie Carlo, director of campaign group Big Brother Watch, brought the challenge
• UK legal sector posts fastest growth in more than 15 years, Law Society survey finds - The Global Legal Post