27th April - Law News

Edition 4870: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs v Frank A Smart & Son Ltd (Scotland)

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

• Serious Fraud Office to let firms avoid prosecution if they flag up suspected crime. UK anti-financial crime agency’s change in guidance hopes to induce more firms to step forward and report suspected wrongdoing
• Landmark Scottish litigation appeal on behalf of US clients succeeds | Scottish Legal News
• Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser, dies aged 41. Giuffre’s family issue statement confirming she killed herself at her farm in Western Australia
• Rights watch: a roundup of rights related news | Irish Legal News
• Google broke the law. It’s time to break up the company
• Winners of the 2025 LawWorks and Attorney General’s Student Pro Bono Awards were announced at a ceremony held in the House of Lords on 23 April | New Law Journal
• FBI arrests Wisconsin judge and accuses her of obstructing immigration officials. Hannah Dugan apprehended in courthouse where she works after agency says she helped man evade authorities #US