13th August - Law News

Edition 5344: 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: Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) v Kolicaj (Respondent) Case ID: UKSC/2025/0043

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

• The government has toughened its fraud laws - now it must make them count | Law Gazette
• Double murderer and rapist Simon Levy handed whole-life tariff. Errors by police and prosecutors left serial sex offender free to murder Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins
• An English High Court ruling has backed the legal principle behind Police Scotland’s policy allowing transgender detainees to request a strip search by an officer of their lived gender
• Costs shared in MoD noise induced hearing loss claims as court rules that both sides partly successful | Law Gazette
• University of Cambridge whistleblower who reported alleged bullying wins employment tribunal. Prof Wyn Evans, who raised concerns over treatment of female staff at Institute of Astronomy, was subject to ‘baseless’ investigation, judge rules
• SRA warns of deepfake AI posing for client checks as security experts say legal sector is vulnerable to risk | Law Gazette

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