25th April - Law News

Edition 4137: 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: A project to build a digital settlement prototype that speeds up payments in conveyancing by linking banks, conveyancers and HM Land Registry has ended successfully, according to the Bank of England innovation body that ran it. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: The  descendants of some of the country's biggest slave owners have launched a joint appeal for the Government to apologise - and atone for Britain's role in slavery - including a programme of restorative justice. The signatories include the current Earl of Harewood.

 

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

• CPS includes ‘love-bombing’ in guidance on abusive partners prosecution https://tinyurl.com/3jbmk555
  
• What was corporate law like in the 1980s? - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/bJNS5
  
• #Spanish firm wrong to fire electrician for drinking alcohol during working day, court rules https://shorturl.at/nuEO1
  
• The Confusing Press Release on Foreign Law Firms | Bar & Bench #India https://shorturl.at/xFL08
  
• Climate change ‘valid’ reason for law firms to reject clients, says Law Society - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/gnAPX
  
• The UK's biggest business group has admitted it hired "culturally toxic" staff and failed to fire people who sexually harassed female colleagues
  CBI hired 'toxic' staff and failed to sack offenders https://shorturl.at/jDZ18
  
• Lawyers twice as likely to work on days off, research finds - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/vCMNY
  
• Wagatha Christie play faces plot twist after Rebekah Vardy trademark move - Producers of West End show Vardy v Rooney say surprise legal move to trademark a pun will be referred to in script https://shorturl.at/dqsy0
  
• ‘I am sick of my non-law friends asking me for free legal advice’ - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/cDY02
  
• #India Supreme Court imposes ₹25k costs on petitioner who alleged mistrial in Mahatma Gandhi assassination case | Bar & Bench https://tinyurl.com/5d4ufjp2
  

24th April - Law News

Edition 4136: 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: The government will undermine the rule of law if it goes ahead with proposed amendments to the illegal Migration Bill, lawyers including former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas have warned. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Thousands of migrants in southern Mexico have started a march to the country’s capital. They are calling for an end to the use of detention centres and want the US to speed up their asylum applications. Last month, 40 people were killed when a fire ripped through a facility in Ciudad Juárez, a city on the US border.

 

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

• 'I could kill you': litigant banned from approaching solicitor | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/jqxPR
  
• Super-regulator approves new rules to stamp out toxic law firm culture - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/dzIJV
  
• Strasbourg override plan 'a clear and serious breach' |  Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/cktPT
  
• Creating an SQE course where ‘students come first’ - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/hyzD5
• No case for extending bereavement damages, says minister | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/yEQ35
  
• ‘Robustness’ or bullying: when does firm management cross the line? https://shorturl.at/brFOS
  
• Legal aid supporter Alex Chalk named as lord chancellor | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/alsAS
  
• Sacked Foreign Office whistleblower hits out at secrecy of tribunal hearing  https://shorturl.at/opBHJ
  
• Law Society to launch restaurant: Six Clerks will serve a ‘seasonal and sustainable’ British menu  - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/hlGP1
  
• 'Activist lawyers' and the duty of independence | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/mIUW5