23rd April - Law News

Edition 4135: 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: Climate activists have begun four days of protests in London, demanding urgent government action on climate change. The Extinction Rebellion group wants an end to the use of fossil fuels. It is calling on tens of thousands of people to join the demonstrations.

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

• #Kenyan police have exhumed 21 bodies near the coastal town of Malindi, as they investigate a preacher said to have told followers to starve to death https://shorturl.at/coD46
  
• Judge accuses appointments body of dodging public scrutiny | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/glQ47
  
• Thousands of Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists have marked Earth Day with a demonstration in central London https://shorturl.at/lxZ39
  
• A serving member of the UK's armed forces has been charged with offences under the Official Secrets Act. Thomas Newsome, 36, was charged on Friday with offences contrary to section 2 and section 8 of the Official Secrets Act 1989, Scotland Yard said https://shorturl.at/nILO4
  
• The #US Supreme Court preserved access to a commonly used abortion pill, ruling the drug can remain available while a legal case continues. It also rejected restrictions on mifepristone implemented by a lower court, essentially maintaining the status quo https://shorturl.at/hkHJY
  
• Draft rules for fixed costs extension are finally published | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/opwT9
  
• John Lewis and other major firms quit CBI after second rape claim https://shorturl.at/gvIP6
  
• Magistrate subject to civil restraint order is removed | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/duwJ1
  
• Firm's post-dismissal conduct worsened pregnant paralegal's stress - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/glsR6
  
• IP lawyers surprised by 'landmark' yellow circle ruling | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/wCSU6
  

22nd April - Law News

Edition 4134: 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: The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, freezing rulings by lower courts that would have banned or severely restricted availability of the drug. Two conservative justices disagreed with the decision in the most significant abortion case to reach the nine-member court since it overturned the constitutional right to the procedure 10 months ago

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

• The family of Halyna Hutchins, the Rust cinematographer who died on set, say they will sue Alec Baldwin despite his criminal charges being dropped #US https://shorturl.at/ruUZ7
  
• A Plaid Cymru councillor who dubbed two colleagues "outsiders" has been suspended after telling them: "Wales is for Welsh people." Terry Davies was found to have used discriminatory language by Carmarthenshire council's standards committee https://shorturl.at/afVY1
  
• Heath secretary to ask court if next RCN nurses' strike is lawful https://shorturl.at/bfsuM
  
• Second woman claims she was raped by colleagues while working at CBI. Another female employee complained she was stalked by a male colleague in 2018 at the business lobbying group https://shorturl.at/NSUW1
  
• Lords could defeat plan to ignore ECHR small boat rulings, ministers warned. Former head of judiciary says move by UK could amount to ‘symbolic breach of the rule of law’ https://shorturl.at/mvCMN
  
• Associate's misconduct 'had become ingrained', SDT finds | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2r2hhbpu
  
• James Cleverly defies Tory right’s push to leave ECHR - Foreign secretary says UK should not want to club with Belarus and Russia in rejecting European human rights convention https://shorturl.at/agINP
  
• McDonald’s offered Met police cheap burgers and free drinks during XR protests: McDonald’s franchises also granted use of toilets during October 2019 London protests by climate activists https://shorturl.at/ahCNS
  
• An online backlash to the Dalai Lama has rejuvenated a long-running controversy over #Tibetan history and boosted a Chinese government narrative https://shorturl.at/hyE16
  
• Enviromentalist group Just Stop Oil says it will "continue disrupting cultural and sporting events" amid concerns protestors will target the London Marathon on Sunday https://shorturl.at/ehmU7