22nd July - Law News

Edition 4225: 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: On crimes against women after a horrific video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur went viral, the ruling federal government of India is still intent upon shifting blame on the opposition rather than focus on its own damaging ultra-conservative policies.

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

• Report fees to rise as government consults on medico-legal reforms - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/bdlnI 
• No more 'contempt and hostility' to legal aid lawyers, says Chalk | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3s6a3nwb
• Sanctions regime put to legal test in UK as oligarch seeks release of assets https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jul/19/sanctions-regime-put-to-legal-test-in-uk-as-oligarch-seeks-release-of-assets
• Committee imposes conditions on Buckland’s job with law firm - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/3vdj35ze
  
• MoJ proposes to increase fees for whiplash medical experts | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/nhrj85aj
• Probate leads Compensation Fund payouts | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/bqBDL
• Questions are being asked about the role of the police in the ghastly incident where two women were paraded naked by a mob of men in #India's Manipur state. The police are guided by policies of the ultra-right-wing BJP government of Natendra Modi https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66264926
  
• People who murder ex-partners could face longer sentences https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/20/people-who-ex-partners-could-face-longer-sentences
  

 

21st July - Law News

Edition 4224: 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: Innovate London 2023 | Innovating and harnessing technology

 

 Focus of the Day Legal News:  Judge’s reduction of sentence for abortion shows how law must change, say campaigners. Legislation that led to Carla Foster being jailed after procuring pills for a termination said to be ‘antiquated’. 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

• Farage joins explosion in people using subject access requests https://tinyurl.com/2s47mxvs
  
• Eight out of 10 NHS claims now settle pre-issue - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/bde5y2bf
• Solicitor who shared research with fellow jurors faces SDT | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/39hdn2jh
• Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if draconian new proposals are made law and acted upon by the Tory government https://shorturl.at/psEIK
  
• Committee imposes conditions on Buckland’s job with law firm - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/nuIQ4
• #China’s new financial regulatory framework finds its feet - According to the plan, a central commission for finance will be established as the Central Committee’s own decision-making institution https://t.co/EALw5iVXzj
  
• Caribbean countries poised to seek UN legal advice on slavery compensation https://shorturl.at/cswyU
  
• Professional enablers fuelling “opportunistic personal injury fraud” - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/r32b842x