29th September - Law News

Edition 4294: 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: Elianne Andam was the 15th teenage victim of homicide in London so far this year. A 17-year-old accused of her murder appeared in court this morning. She was killed in an area of south London blighted by knife crime but it's by no means the worst in the country. Our reporter Jane Dodge has been to speak to young people about why so many of their age group are carrying weapons and what can be done to stop them. 

Focus of the Day Legal News: Axiom Ince feared on brink of closure as fate of trainees and support staff uncertain. Ince & Co website unavailable and most phone lines down, while City of London Law Society says it will support impacted trainees. Full story - The Global Legal Post    

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

• Expert witnesses protest new 20-page report limit | Law Gazette https://t.co/D8DJ13Yt5x
• #French equality watchdog finds 90% of online pornography abuses women https://tinyurl.com/5n6p7mvt
  
• Law firm data breach "highlights risks to domestic violence victims" - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/bddnhmz2
• Tribunal deals pensions blow to judges | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2p9dnhxj
• Croydon: Boy, 17, held over killing of girl with 'bright future' https://t.co/qWM8VeOOS8
• Solicitor who lost claim for £10m stately home must pay £725k costs | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/rnrk8pax
• Listed PI business winding down joint venture ABS - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/4hrkyk8v
  

28th September - Law News

Edition 4293: 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: Serious questions have been raised in Thailand about corruption in the police force after a police officer was murdered at a dinner party three weeks ago. What followed was a subsequent cover-up by officers who watched their colleague die. ABC's southeast Asia correspondent Lauren Day tells The World the story has exposed deep distrust in the police. 

Focus of the Day Legal News: Legal firms have been put at greater risk of breaching sanctions regulations by a lack of expertise in the private sector and at the Treasury’s dedicated watchdog, a conference heard today. Dentons partner Roger Matthews said sanctions expertise in businesses vulnerable to a breach, such as ’law firms and banks’, is ‘in the foothills’ of what is needed to ensure compliance, after the war in Ukraine ‘turbo-charged’ the sanctions regime. Full story - Th Law Society Gazette    

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

• Slow recovery or the new normal? What’s next for the PI market - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/24s7fysz
• What will the bar look like in 2043? | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2p8uws2e
• Legal staff win tokens in law firm’s blockchain incentive scheme - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/ynsbrk2z
• The SFO in-tray: Five key challenges for the new director | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/ta5zzvp3
• UN rebukes Suella Braverman over her attack on refugee convention. UNHCR defends 1951 convention after UK home secretary’s speech on ‘uncontrolled and illegal migration’ https://tinyurl.com/3p4ebysn
• Lord Carloway reaffirms opposition to legal regulation bill | Scottish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/2jzd65k6
• US soldier Travis King, who fled to #NorthKorea in July, is in American custody after being expelled by Pyongyang, officials say. According to US media reports, Pte King was transferred into US custody in China https://tinyurl.com/mr33z6c7