31st October - Law News

Edition 5057: 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: MA (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department UKSC/2010/0114 https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uks... Judgment date: 24 November 2010 Neutral citation: [2010] UKSC 49 The Supreme Court allows the Secretary of State’s appeal. The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal did not err in their assessment of MA’s lies and there was no error of law which warranted interference by the Court of Appeal.

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

• Advice agencies call for national strategies to tackle “workforce crisis” - Legal Futures
• Society welcomes Renters Rights Act as measure receives Royal Assent | Law Gazette
• Trump-appointed acting #US attorney disqualified from cases for ‘unlawfully serving’, rules judge. Bill Essayli removed from criminal cases after judge says he stayed in temporary job longer than allowed by law
• Reforming the culture at the Bar – the impact of the Harman report - Legal Futures
• Five more prisoners freed in error after sex offender’s release from Essex jail. Union says staff shortages and confusion over early release schemes are driving a rise in mistakes
• Judge slashes law firm’s costs because of Mazur - Legal Futures
• IDF launches criminal probe into leak of video showing alleged abuse of Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman, as Military Advocate General is placed on leave