19th April - Law News

Edition 4497: 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:  Can a worker who is subject to detriment for the purpose of preventing or deterring her participation in a union-organised industrial action can potentially bring a claim under s. 146(2)(b) of the Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 ("TULRCA")? 

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 feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• European Court of Human Rights: Reflections on the KlimaSeniorinnen climate change case | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/4p4czw57
• "A racket" - judge hits out at hidden commissions in PI cases - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/2cttpba9
  
• 'Deliberately high level' SFO strategy looks to AI and whistleblower incentives | Law Gazette https://t.co/fTcjRQxq2H
  
• Rishi Sunak wants to strip GPs of their power to sign people off work as part of a plan to tackle what he calls the UK's "sick note culture". He claims benefits have become a "lifestyle choice" for some, causing a "spiralling" welfare bill https://t.co/YYjIWfpax8
  
• Fifteen former soldiers investigated for perjury over Bloody Sunday will not face any charges. Thirteen people were shot dead when soldiers opened fire on marchers during a civil rights march in Londonderry on 30 January 1972 https://tinyurl.com/5btvcuus
  
• YouGov Legal Needs survey for Law Society suggests solicitors losing market share | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/4c6w2a32
• #US lawmakers could vote this weekend on a second bill in as many months that corners TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance with a stark choice - sell its US business or be banned https://tinyurl.com/bdpdrzkh