24th June - Law News

Edition 4197: 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: Greece’s Supreme Court is looking into how a boat filled with migrants capsized off the west coast a week ago. Hundreds of asylum seekers are believed to have drowned. Survivors say several things may have gone wrong. 

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

• Grays lorry deaths: Man admits manslaughter over death of 39 migrants https://tinyurl.com/4mzr6auk
  
• Eight firms sign climate crisis pledges | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/379rm762
• A French publisher who was arrested using anti-terror laws as he arrived in London will face no further action, the Metropolitan Police has said. Ernest Moret, 28, was searched under counter-terrorism legislation after travelling from Paris in April https://tinyurl.com/5n7kdfbd
  
• Post Office GC to appear at inquiry over disclosure issue | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/5xhn6mn4
  
• SRA to pay £38,000 costs after rebuke overturned | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/4b2wexty
  
• The Home Office has been accused of leaving people homeless by outbidding councils in a fierce competition for scarce accommodation. Several local authorities have lost out to a Home Office contractor finding properties to house asylum seekers https://tinyurl.com/ycy98b9m
  
• #Germany passes law to attract skilled migrant workers amid fierce debate https://tinyurl.com/yawvvj52
  
• Law centre volunteer “waived privilege” in advancing claim - Legal Futures https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/law-centre-volunteer-waived-privilege-in-advancing-claim
  

23rd June - Law News

Edition 4196: 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: As India PM Modi ramps up his foreign travel, Assam drowns - Nearly 4.96 lakh people have been severely affected in 22 districts of Assam as the flood situation deteriorated on Thursday. One person died in Tamulpur after drowning in flood waters. According to the flood report of Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the flood situation in Bajali is more worst as nearly 2.60 lakh people have been affected in the district followed by 77702 people affected in Nalbari, 65221 people in Barpeta, 25613 people in Lakhimpur, 24023 people in Baksa, 19208 people in Tamulpur, 13704 people in Darrang, 6538 people in Kokrajhar district. 

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 government has agreed to give coroners and bereaved families new powers to access information on their loved ones held by tech companies https://shorturl.at/eGLX1
• All five passengers on board the missing Titan submersible are dead, the US Coast Guard has confirmed. Officials say they found parts of the vessel amidst debris near the wreckage of the Titanic https://shorturl.at/eoruz
• We all have computers — so why do we still struggle with digital evidence? - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/hmoy5
  
• Thirteen legacy inquests to be reviewed on Friday | Irish Legal News https://shorturl.at/vBOR6
• ‘It’s just you – and memories’: Kenyan rape survivors find help hard to find - Tracey Doyin took to TikTok after she experienced the official indifference and lack of support faced by sexual assault victims https://tinyurl.com/5br2jmb6
• Irish Refugee Council book reflects on 30 years’ work | Irish Legal News https://shorturl.at/kHN03
• UK fruit picking farms like prison, migrant worker tells peers https://shorturl.at/fjJRW
  
• Ban on conversion practices to be brought forward this year | Irish Legal News https://shorturl.at/ikwDO