29th November - Law News

Edition 4355: 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:  R (on the application of Imam) (Respondent) v London Borough of Croydon (Appellant) - When should a court make a mandatory order against a local housing authority to enforce a duty owed to a homeless individual under s193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 (the "1996 Act")? In particular, should the court take account of either: (a) budgetary constraints imposed on the housing authority; or (b) the availability of housing under a non-secured tenancy under Part VII of the 1996 Act (as opposed to a secured tenancy under Part VI of the 1996 Act). The Supreme Court unanimously dismisses the appeal. 

Focus of the Day Legal News: 
A veteran barrister who used a German accent during proceedings before magistrates and raised his hand to the bench in a Nazi salute, has been reprimanded by a Bar disciplinary tribunal. Full story - Legal Futures 

 

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 Criminal Court judges ‘cautious’ about using impact of mental health | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/gfBjRsqMLk
• Costs lawyers "bullish" about impact of fixed costs extension - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/mr289waj
• Number of conveyancing solicitors slumps as market contracts - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/yckhfhj6
• Legal Services Board eyes 14% increase in budget - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/5ddwef2c
  
• Over 1,800 offenders to have indefinite jail sentences terminated, says MoJ - Imprisonment for public protection sentences will now have an end date under changes in England and Wales https://tinyurl.com/bdz75822
• "Shamelessness" of SLAPPs has grown but still no disciplinary action - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/4896dadz
• More than 200 years after they were stolen from their country's most sacred landmark and shipped unceremoniously to the UK, the Elgin Marbles still scream injustice for the vast majority of Greeks https://t.co/MbHPSBTPsX
  

28th November - Law News

Edition 4354: 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:  Challenges to the rule of law: a Ukrainian Judge’s perspective The Bar Council International Rule of Law Lecture 2023 - given by Professor Tetyana Antsupova, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine - explored the delicate task of balancing judicial reform with independence, affirming the judiciary's role as a stabilising force, even in the face of external aggression. In an era of profound societal transformation and geopolitical turmoil, the Ukrainian judiciary has stood at the crossroads of numerous challenges to the rule of law. Amid corruption, political pressures, and ongoing conflict, Professor Tetyana Antsupova - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine - discussed the uphill battle for transparency, fair trials, and maintaining public trust.

Focus of the Day Legal News: 
UK school pupils ‘using AI to create indecent imagery of other children’. Protection groups call for urgent action to help pupils understand risks of making images that legally constitute child sexual abuse. 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

• SDT was wrong to slash SRA's prosecution costs, High Court rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/hsEbo1Ub7e
• Erosion of state immunity in spotlight as £37m salvage claim over the sinking of SS Tilawa reaches Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/K062MChzes
• Meta designed platforms to get children addicted, court documents allege https://t.co/KJCzXiIUW6
• Legal Services Board eyes 14% increase in budget - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/5ddwef2c
  
• National firm fined over £100,000 by Solicitors Regulation Authority over money laundering regulations | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/ktees8vz
• Tesla sues Sweden’s transport agency in escalation of strike row - #US carmaker claims ‘discriminatory attack’ after industrial action stops new cars receiving Swedish plates https://tinyurl.com/bdht5ypt
  
• Weaponising international arbitration - UN report published last month contained some hard words about lawyer arbitrators | Law Gazette https://t.co/jP6PfGgBKP