2nd September - Law News

Edition 5363: 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: John Calder Hart (Respondent) v Dr Myron Wing-Sang Chin (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago) Case ID: JCPC/2023/0109

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

• The number of available spaces across the male prison estate in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest this year. As of 1 September, there were about 1,500 free spaces, just under half the number available at the start of June
• Twist in Subhash Chandra insolvency: NCLT says no consensus on repayment since third member's verdict different from original bench verdicts | Bar & Bench #India
• Far-right group 'Raise the Colours' member denies murder of man in Staffordshire: Billy Allison, 36, pleads not guilty to charge over Matthew O’Gara’s death after incident outside Lichfield bar
• Andy Burnham pledge to end indefinite prison terms ‘a step towards healing’. Campaigners welcome plan to bring IPP sentences to a close but say the move is long overdue
• Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs. AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models
• Former gang boss Duane "Keffe D" Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur - the first conviction in a cold case that has intrigued hip-hop fans for nearly 30 years #US

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