23rd April - Law News

Edition 5231 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: This appeal arises from an application to revoke an adoption order in respect of two children, X and Y. The application was made by their adoptive mother, AM, and supported by both children and their birth mother, BM. X and Y were placed for adoption with AM in August 2012. They were then 5 and 4 years old respectively. They had previously spent a prolonged period in foster care during which they had had significant contact with their birth mother, BM. The children did not settle well. They asked for continuing contact with BM. AM agreed that the children should spend time with BM and the extended birth family.

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

• Investigatory Powers Act does not justify claimants' blanket exclusion from hearings, EAT finds | Law Gazette
• Judge warns PI firms of SRA referrals over damages deductions - Legal Futures
• EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values. ECJ says law passed in 2021 is discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the union’, in early test for new PM
• Black children in England and Wales almost eight times more likely to be strip-searched than white peers – report. Demographic also overrepresented when police officers use force such as handcuffs, firearms or Tasers, says children’s commissioner
• Solicitor faked work to meet targets and moved £216,000 from client funds to pay these bills, tribunal hears | Law Gazette
• Anthropic is investigating a claim that a small group of people gained access to its Claude Mythos model - the cyber-security tool which the AI firm says is too powerful to release to the public