5th August - Law News

Edition 5335: 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: Uniform Building Contractors Ltd (Respondent) v The Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago) Case ID: JCPC/2024/0062

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

• Consumer Legal Association hits back at FCA motor claim campaign | Law Gazette
• PwC: "Meaningful barriers" to automating most legal work - Legal Futures
• A prison capacity crisis would be likely if fewer prisoners were allowed early release: Prisoners who committed rape, grooming, and serious child sex offences will be excluded from an early release scheme for England and Wales
• Courts listing data opened up for computational analysis | Law Gazette
• The man suspected of killing Scottish aid worker Elisabeth Jane Ross in Greece is 26-year-old Sharif Ahmadzai. He was arrested after the body of the 38-year-old was found in a suitcase in an abandoned building in the Kypseli district of Athens on 18 July
• In-house solicitor struck off for sexually assaulting colleague - Legal Futures

   

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