25th November - Law News

Edition 4351: 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:  Released Palestinians recount harsh conditions in Israeli prisons - "We’ve been tortured.” As dozens of Palestinian women and children return home from Israeli prisons as part of a Gaza truce deal between Israel and Hamas, many say they endured incredibly harsh conditions while detained.

 

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

• Law firm made 'serious error' over oppressive private prosecution, finds High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/t9RmcY5BX6
• Three law firms received £750 fines last week for failing to comply with the SRA’s transparency rules. Breaches included failure to publish information explaining key stages and likely timescales for services | New Law Journal https://t.co/lbmADKKCyw
• Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in the murder of George Floyd, has been stabbed at an Arizona prison, #US media reports say https://tinyurl.com/yytmayvc
  
• Lawyers have welcomed a commitment to update the guideline hourly rates (GHR), review the costs provisions of the Solicitors Act 1974 and uprate the fixed recoverable costs cap | New Law Journal https://t.co/gslvzO84hs
  
• High Court sentences litigant in person to four months' imprisonment for contempt of court in family case | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/vtnm7xtv
• The High Court has handed down a landmark ruling on artificial intelligence (AI), which will allow key aspects of AI to be patented in the UK for the first time | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/5f3jv66c
• The Justice Committee has launched an inquiry into the Coroner Service to examine changes made since 2021, when the committee last looked at coronial capacity | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/mwtuayyh
  

24th November - Law News

Edition 4350: 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:  Following the sad news of the death of former Supreme Court Justice Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe on 17th November 2023, Lord Reed paid tribute to him before the UK Supreme Court hearing

Focus of the Day Legal News: UK to join Hague 2019 convention on international enforcement of judgments. Disputes lawyers welcome step as vital post-Brexit measure to protect English law’s status. 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

• Judge to taste rival ciders in trade mark dispute between Aldi and Thatchers | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3jy82d2r
• Shell to face human rights claims in UK over chronic oil pollution in Niger delta https://tinyurl.com/43xu36bb
• A former barrister who was disbarred for anti-zionist tweets has now been convicted for material posted on his blog - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/42epyn3f
  
• UK campaigners seek to overturn ban on the dangerous American XL bully dogs. Group of owners and dog experts launch legal fight against rules due to be enforced in England and Wales https://tinyurl.com/yeymp5j8
  
• A solicitor who resigned as a prospective parliamentary candidate following the publication of a Times article inaccurately citing a previous tribunal sanction has won an apology and 'substantial damages' | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/snwk8zfs
• Violent fascist protests in Dublin after woman and children injured in knife attack. Crowd chanting anti-immigrant slogans clashes with police hours after stabbing incident outside school #Ireland https://tinyurl.com/bdf6zfak
  
• Judge penalises claimant for "unrealistic" costs budget - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/muvy4s7v