24th August - Law News

Edition 5355: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights and Social Justice related issues since 2011.

Today's Highlighted Video: Devant Maharaj (Appellant) v National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago) Case ID: JCPC/2024/1001

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

• Law Pod latest episode: Pink Crime with Professor Valena Beety - UK Human Rights Blog
• Junior lawyer claims she was sacked after TikTok about life in ‘soul-sucking’ profession went viral - Legal Cheek
• The Weekly Round-up: Circumventing For Women Scotland? And unlawful imprisonment in the High Court - UK Human Rights Blog
• Former SSB Law chief Jeremy Brooke to face misconduct charges after prosecution brought by SRA | Law Gazette
• Mayors across England will be given new powers to overrule local councils on some planning decisions. The change would apply to proposals with more than 150 homes, more than 15,000 square metres of commercial space or buildings over 30 metres
• A scheme that could see serious sexual and violent offenders confined to areas just a few miles wide after leaving prison will be launched in October, Justice Secretary Alex Norris has announced

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