26th September - Law News

Edition 4291: 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: Finland is a world leader when it comes to early years education. Childcare is affordable and nursery places are universally available in a system that puts children's rights at the centre of decision-making. Now the country is applying the same child-first thinking to paternity-leave policies in an attempt to tackle gender inequality in parenting. The Guardian's Alexandra Topping travels to Helsinki to find out why the UK pre-school system lags so far behind and whether it really is easier to be a parent in Finland.

Focus of the Day Legal News: Judges have re-affirmed their concerns over juryless trials in a response to the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill. Full story - Scottish Legal News    

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

• Lawyers are exasperated by net zero U-turns | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2f4p5wkm
• Solicitor's disability and sex discrimination claims thrown out - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/sxtr3fsw
• Judge pleads for end to deluge of authorities in commercial court https://tinyurl.com/msrec9ds
• The Metropolitan Police says it will investigate allegations of "non-recent" sexual offences following news reports about comedian Russell Brand https://tinyurl.com/bde3j2zf
• Gymnastics #Ireland unreservedly apologises to the family of a black girl who was not given a medal at an events ceremony: at a Gymstart event in Dublin in March 2022, when a line of children were awarded medals but a young black girl didn't get one https://tinyurl.com/4bxzch68
  
• Chris Kaba murder by a Met officer: Army stood down as enough Met Police armed officers return to duty https://tinyurl.com/23fjn2d4
• Gray's Inn 'bomb' plotters handed lengthy prison sentences | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3h69pw2k
  

25th September - Law News

Edition 4290: 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: They want the right to roam to be enshrined in English law - and today activists gathered to mark 20 years since the Land Reform Act. It allowed people in Scotland to wander almost everywhere in the countryside and our chief correspondent Alex Thomson has been out with campaigners who want access to all areas south of the border too.

Focus of the Day Legal News: The average professional indemnity insurance (PII) premium is equivalent to 5% of a law firm’s annual turnover—but small firms pay more. Full story - New Law Journal    

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

• Solicitor for Post Office defends failure to disclose Horizon helpline calls | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2fy42pjm
• UCL and Glasgow beat Oxford in latest law school rankings - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nox4Maa8SX
• Concerns over 'unchecked' ASBO regime | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3pbj3bjz
• The Weekly Round-up: Terrorist convict escapes Wandsworth, lawsuit against Google and German Court questions conditions in UK prisons - UK Human Rights Blog https://tinyurl.com/4aazyy24
• The Ministry of Defence is offering armed soldiers to support London police after dozens of Met officers handed in their weapons in protest against an officer being charged with murder. More than 100 police officers turned in firearm permits https://tinyurl.com/3f657n29
• A sleepy town in southern #Spain is in shock after it emerged that AI-generated naked images of young local girls had been circulating on social media without their knowledge https://tinyurl.com/2se98mpx
  
• Woman returning from a family holiday in Portugal said she was detained at an airport for about four hours under counter terrorism legislation. Ann Marie Davies, 49 from Swansea, said she was asked if she supported banned Kurdish political party, the PKK https://tinyurl.com/358dwdw3