4th February - Law News

Edition 5153 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: The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council officially welcomes Sir Anthony Smellie, former Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands, to his first JCPC appeal in London. The remarks are made by Lord Lloyd-Jones.

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

• City law firm suing ex-client over "defamatory" emails - Legal Futures
• 'Forever chemical' testing to be ramped up amid growing concerns
• SRA ordered to pay Carter-Ruck costs in failed 'SLAPP' case by SDT | Law Gazette
• Tribunal: AI use adds to doubts over would-be lawyer's integrity - Legal Futures
• Donald Trump announced he will be seeking $1bn (£730m) in damages from Harvard University in his administration's ongoing feud with the institution #US
• Lisa Bloom on the fight for Epstein’s victims: ‘So many powerful men were enablers’
• MoJ client account interest plan a "stealth tax on legal services" - Legal Futures