18th July - Law News

Edition 4221: 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: An online public meeting, which took place on 14 June 2023, organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. This public evidence session focused on lawyers and the state - advice, rhetoric, and ethics.

 

 Focus of the Day Legal News:  Scheme to stop people being quizzed by abuser in court failing, lawyers say. Courts in England and Wales unable to attract sufficient numbers of advocates. Full story - Guardian Law  

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

• Alarming rise of women in prison must be addressed, rights summit told. Numbers of jailed women rising far faster than men and their voices must be heard, say rights groups and former prisoners https://shorturl.at/ajmQT
  
• Solicitors win costs battle as Vos pleads for rules to be updated | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/yckru85f
  
• Leaked UK government plan to protect against climate heat ‘very weak’: Document ‘falls far short’ of what is needed to safeguard lives and livelihoods from heat, drought and storms, say experts https://tinyurl.com/ryfmzp2u
• A retired #Australian pilot has been fined for pretending to be a lawyer. Former Qantas pilot Nathaniel Whitehall represented a woman in court for a traffic infringement in 2020 - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vBPqDhE3wa
  
• Inner House condemns solicitor’s ‘extraordinary lapse of professional judgement’ | Scottish Legal News https://shorturl.at/xHI89
• Chalk 'reprioritising' justice spending to afford judges' 7% pay rise | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/gxJ79
• Review: The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders that Stunned an Empire | Scottish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/4stvjmd2
  
• Unpaid litigation funder appeals to court to revive divorce dispute | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/ciI45
  

17th July - Law News

Edition 4220: 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: All of the plastic that has ever been created still exists in some form. Some companies have created products that will break down in certain conditions. Others have produced enzymes that do the work for us.

 

Focus of the Day Legal News:  Annual official statistics on judicial diversity in England and Wales covering the current judiciary, judicial appointments and legal professionss. Full story - UK Gov website  

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

• Supporting non-binary people in the legal industry |  Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/en9fwsxm
  
• Ditch the equality pledges and provide more mentoring, flexitime and maternity support, say women lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/GFGw9zlj8u
  
• Meet the future trainee solicitor hoping to make law firms more Muslim-friendly - Legal Cheek https://tinyurl.com/2cnv9b52
• Jeremy Vine agrees deal with Twitter user who falsely named him as accused BBC star - Radio 2 presenter says he has received apology and man has also agreed to make donation to charity https://tinyurl.com/28t8ud7j
  
• #Iranian police are resuming controversial patrols to ensure women obey dress codes and cover their hair in public, state media reports. The "morality police" will return to the streets to enforce Iran's hijab laws https://tinyurl.com/39u46wzx
  
• Scottish ministers have ‘duty’ to protect seabed from harmful fishing, says court - Licensing for scallop dredging and trawling must comply with National Marine Plan after judicial review by Open Seas charity https://tinyurl.com/3hpjpydz
• High Court: Irish courts place MAC Interiors into examinership despite company being registered in Northern Ireland | Irish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/kc83t4ba
  
• Banks do not owe a Quincecare duty to individual customers, the Supreme Court has held unanimously in Barclays Bank UK v Philipp [2023] UKSC 25 | NLJ https://t.co/l92qPuR2Hm