21st November - Law News

Edition 4347: 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:  Father trapped in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp records video diaries. Mohammed El Sherif and nine of his family members are trapped in the home in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of Gaza. He decided not to evacuate to the south after Israel ordered the northern Gaza Strip to be evacuated, as he fell it was to dangerous and people were being killed on the way. He had set up a clinic to help children overcome their trauma.  

Focus of the Day Legal News: 
Sunak could block Human Rights Act to force through Rwanda asylum plan. No 10 has discussed possibility of ‘disapplying’ key human rights law to emergency bill to head off legal challenges. 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

• Legal aid early advice schemes have helped in 36,000 issues over the past two years, Ministry of Justice says | Law Gazette https://t.co/6CMkLI2lZn
• Just Stop Oil protesters’ jail terms potentially breach international law, UN expert says. Sentences risk silencing public concerns about the environment, climate change rapporteur Ian Fry says https://tinyurl.com/48dh4kpb
• Generative AI could make contract negotiation "worse" - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/ywxkmn83
• People with mobility and mental health problems will be asked to work from home or lose benefits as part of what a UK government minister described today as doing “their duty” https://tinyurl.com/4ju7rjfk
  
• Personal injury claimant jailed for contempt after grossly exaggerating £600,000 case | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/9m2n8a4n
• Rights groups back Observer writer Carole Cadwalladr over court costs. Reporter’s legal team argues that excessive costs awarded to Brexit backer violates her right to journalistic freedom of expression https://tinyurl.com/ycx7jzy3
• The release of "highly sensitive" personal information by police investigation https://tinyurl.com/bde4vc9d
  

20th November - Law News

Edition 4346: 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:  Babies transferred from besieged Gaza hospital - their fate captured global attention. Now 31 premature babies have been evacuated from Gaza's main hospital - a place decimated by Israel's siege and operation to destroy Hamas - which the UK has designated a terrorist organisation. Israeli troops are still in al-Shifa, searching for evidence of a Hamas command centre. More than thirteen thousand have now been killed in Gaza by the Israeli army.

Focus of the Day Legal News: 
The Bar Council has raised alarm over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to introduce ‘emergency’ legislation designating Rwanda ‘safe’ after the Supreme Court ruled the government’s Rwanda policy unlawful. 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

• International Men’s Day: It's good to talk about mental health and wellbeing | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/bddaw7by
• Colombian pop star Shakira has reached a deal with #Spanish prosecutors to settle a tax fraud case, just as her trial was about to begin. She paid a €7.5m fine - prosecutors had wanted to jail her for eight years and fine her €23.8m if found guilty https://tinyurl.com/yebay4fk
  
• Support Through Court charity calls for much needed volunteers to help unrepresented parties | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3vrj7pfn
• Transparency rule failures lead SRA to issue first fixed penalties - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/25m4mz89
  
• Crown Prosecution Service's chief executive steps down following employment tribunal settlement | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3ba9ksmt
• Sunak could block Human Rights Act to force through Rwanda asylum plan. No 10 has discussed possibility of ‘disapplying’ key human rights law to emergency bill to head off legal challenges https://tinyurl.com/3y4dxb4t
• Guideline hourly rates to rise in January as Vos implements CJC review - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/46r7nsu3