20th April - Law News

Edition 4132: 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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 Focus of the Day Law News/Article: Climate-related issues may be “valid considerations” for law firms in deciding whether to act for potential clients, the Law Society has said. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Back home in Vanuatu, it's expected for community members to lend a hand wherever it's needed in the village. In Stawell, when Junior Issachar and his friends are not working at the town's meatworks, they are out in the community visiting elderly residents and people living with disabilities, with one aim — to serve. 

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

• Doctor's death due to AstraZeneca Covid vaccine reaction - inquest https://shorturl.at/psuwO
  
• Top judge asks: Why don't litigators know how much a case will cost? - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/uvC35
  
• Rebekah Vardy trademarked the phrase "Wagatha Christie" after losing her libel case against Coleen Rooney https://shorturl.at/akv08
  
• Discounter Lidl has won a trademark battle against the UK's biggest supermarket chain Tesco. The High Court ruled that Tesco's Clubcard logo copied Lidl's logo, which both use a yellow circle on a square blue background https://shorturl.at/btyHW
  
• When BigLaw's mask slips | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/nCTW6
  
• Rishi Sunak declares wife's shares after financial interests row - The PM has faced questions over Akshata Murty's shares in Koru Kids, a childcare agency which could benefit from a policy in last month's Budget https://shorturl.at/gtCR2
  
• A children's cat-hunting competition in #NewZealand has been cancelled following backlash against the event. Organisers of an annual hunt were criticised after they announced a new category for children to hunt feral cats https://shorturl.at/dmAHT
  
• Judge's "dismay" at conduct of High Court claim - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/efJY3
  
• WhatsApp, Signal and other messaging services have urged the government to rethink the Online Safety Bill (OSB). They are concerned that the bill could undermine end-to-end encryption https://shorturl.at/gjoLX
  
• An MPs' report is calling for faster progress to tackle "appalling" higher death rates for black women and those from poorer areas in childbirth https://shorturl.at/grwEK
  

19th April - Law News

Edition 4131: 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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 Focus of the Day Law News/Article: Weekly Round-Up: defining “sex”, facial recognition, and Windrush recommendations. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Morgan and others (Respondents) v Ministry of Justice (Appellant) (Northern Ireland) UKSC 2022/0056 - The Respondents plead guilty to terrorism offences. On 13 November 2020, Colton J sentenced the Respondents to custodial terms of imprisonment. All sentences were to be served half in custody and half on licence. On 29 April 2021, the Counter Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (the "2021 Act") received Royal Assent. Section 30 of the 2021 Act introduced Article 20A ('Article 20A') into the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (the "2008 Order"). Article 20A provided that no prisoner convicted of certain terrorism offences shall be released on licence unless they have served two-thirds of their sentence in custody. The effect of Article 20A was that the Respondents must serve two-thirds of their sentences in custody and one-third on licence, rather than half in custody and half on licence. However, the end date of the Respondents' determinate custodial sentences was unaltered.

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

• Even after Putin's warning, would Armenia gain by joining the ICC? | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/nIY37
  
• Virtual reality to give people advance view of Scottish courtrooms | Scottish Legal News https://shorturl.at/AGLX3
  
• SQE stands up in the era of ChatGPT, says SRA chief - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/invDP
  
• Solicitor's remarks made 'in pursuit of sexual gratification', tribunal finds | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/mr4bz93t
  
• Met Police's abuse of anti-terror laws to arrest French publisher Ernest Moret has been condemned https://shorturl.at/luDIQ
  
• Firm's failure to pay lawyer's bonus or promote her was unfair - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/dezNQ
  
• FAI court process begins for man who died in custody | Scottish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/yy24cbkd
  
• Man charged with shooting Ralph Yarl who knocked on the wrong door: Andrew Lester, 84, has been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action, prosecutors said https://shorturl.at/tDGH7
  
• Council urges tenants to avoid 'opportunistic' housing solicitors | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/QV158
  
• Judge rejects Trump request to delay rape trial over negative publicity - The court said that Trump himself ‘provoked’ some of the publicity and cannot claim prejudice to delay next week’s trial start #US https://shorturl.at/jKQV6