27th October - Law News

Edition 5418: 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: Wathen-Fayed (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Respondent) and Horizon Cremation Limited and another (Interested Parties) Case ID: UKSC/2024/0081

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

• AML compliance improving but solicitors still fined £2.6m - Legal Futures
• ‘Understanding FDI controls is no longer a specialist concern’: GLP launches foreign direct investment guide - The Global Legal Post
• ICC prosecutor says court making ‘significant progress’ despite US sanctions. Nazhat Shameem Khan claims some staff are facing ‘banking difficulties’ but their work is unaffected
• Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced an independent review into the murder of Henry Nowak. The 18-year-old student was fatally stabbed in Southampton in December by Vickrum Digwa, who falsely claimed he had been racially abused
• Court of Appeal "astonished" by £2m brief fee for four-day case - Legal Futures
• In depth: Judicial salary structure review cannot report soon enough | Law Gazette

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