16th May - Law News

Edition 5254 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: In the matter of an application by Stephen Hilland for Judicial Review (Appellant) (Northern Ireland) Case ID: UKSC/2022/0078

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

• Report reveals impact of coerced debt on women and children in Scotland | Scottish Legal News
• John Worboys is denied parole for second time. Parole Board tells victims of black cab rapist that it had decided against open conditions or release
• Signs warning people not to swim are in place at almost all of England's official inland river bathing sites due to concerns the water could be unsafe: government announces six new river bathing sites will be monitored for the first time this summer
• Overseas fakers paid for by the far-right using AI videos to push a false narrative of UK decline, leading to fascist marches
• Tribunal clears law clinic solicitor of trying to mislead employer - Legal Futures
• British Gas pays £20m to settle probe into force-fitting of prepayment meters