21st April - Law News

Edition 4133: 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: ‘Will globalisation continue, or recede?’ New foreign direct investment guide explores impact of Covid-19 and geopolitical upheaval. Practical online comparative Global Legal Post guide for businesses and their advisers features contributions from array of top firms. Full story - The Global Legal Post

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: In Myanmar, more than 3,000 civilians have been killed over the past two years, amid the popular uprising against the military regime that came to power in a coup. The army has targeted civilians with airstrikes and is accused of carrying out mass killings. And nearly half of all the deaths have occurred in one single state: Sagaing. For our second disturbing report on Myanmar, our foreign affairs correspondent Secunder Kermani and filmmaker Katie Arnold have been investigating the abuses, including the actions of one notorious army unit. And a very strong warning, their report contains very distressing images and harrowing descriptions of extreme violence.

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

• CILEX civil war: regulator forced to sign gagging order | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/gsFX8
  
• Re-imagining the legal consultancy model: How to do it better - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/gpJY3
  
• Tens of millions of pounds belonging to about 80,000 young people without capacity to make financial decisions could be locked in trust funds, a report suggests https://shorturl.at/imS69
  
• University student complaints hit record high in England and Wales for fourth successive year https://shorturl.at/ozJW8
  
• Unrelated charges against suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance dropped #Germany https://shorturl.at/ikpuF
  
• Fit for purpose? BSB seeks enforcement auditor | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/BJP56
  
• The SNP still owes money to its former chief executive Peter Murrell, First Minister Humza Yousaf has confirmed. Mr Murrell, who is married to Nicola Sturgeon, gave the party a loan of £107,620 in June 2021 https://shorturl.at/fszY9
  
• Police in North Carolina are searching for Robert Louis Singletary accused of shooting a 6-year-old girl and her father after their basketball rolled into the suspect's yard. He remains at large #US https://shorturl.at/ezS12
  
• Michael Schumacher: Seven-time F1 champion's family plan legal action after AI-generated 'interview' https://shorturl.at/epBW3
  
• Administrators warn they will recoup fraction of firm's £22m WIP | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/hrtDT
  

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