8th December - Law News

Edition 4364: 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: Sellafield's controversial history dates back to the Cold War, when the huge industrial site played a crucial role in the UK’s development of nuclear weapons. A Guardian investigation can now reveal that Sellafield has failed to contain numerous threats, including a cyber security breach by groups linked to Russia and China, and growing physical cracks in its ‘most hazardous facility’.

Focus of the Day Legal News:  Senior judge convenes special hearing to manage flood of Dieselgate claims. More than 20 claimant firms are due to be represented at Friday’s hearing. 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

• Prince Harry has lost an attempt to get part of the Mail on Sunday publisher's defence thrown out in a libel case. He taken Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) to the High Court over a 2022 article about a battle over his UK security arrangements https://shorturl.at/rFRW1
• Video shows stripped Palestinian men detained in Gaza by #Israeli army https://t.co/Ex6Mu84OTM
  
• Judges have ruled that the UK government acted lawfully in blocking Scotland's gender self-ID reforms. Legislation making it easier for people to change their legally-recognised sex was passed by the Scottish Parliament last year https://shorturl.at/NV046
• Law Society renews plea for early advice funding after LiP assault on judge at Milton Keynes | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/elnFS
• Lincoln's Inn looks to tackle "unacceptable" bullying and harassment - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/gyX36
• Statutory consultation: Judge loses bid to challenge Judicial Appointments Commission recruitment tool | Law Gazette https://t.co/7NKOobLBfw
• Former Met officers given suspended sentences for racist WhatsApps. Messages group shared referred to Duchess of Sussex, the queen and Rishi Sunak among other public figures, according to charges https://tinyurl.com/3cuprjcj
  

7th December - Law News

Edition 4363: 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: Disability Inclusion: Making reasonable adjustments in recruitment and onboarding

Focus of the Day Legal News:  A three-day libel trial over a Twitter spat involving two law lecturers has opened in London. James Wilson, a law lecturer and non-practising solicitor, told the court he ‘never believed for a moment’ his claim would ‘end up in a High Court trial’. Full story - The 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

• The government's decision not to introduce a Hillsborough Law is an "absolute insult", the sister of one of the disaster victims has said. Campaigners had called for legislation to introduce a legal "duty of candour" on public authorities https://tinyurl.com/4jvyrrsk
• #Denmark's parliament has banned the "inappropriate treatment" of religious texts - with a bill widely known in the country as the Quran law. Offenders now face a fine or up to two years in jail after a 94-77 vote https://t.co/g062Zoi1PN
  
• Solicitors' court battle to resume after former firm owner wins appeal - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/suEH1
• Venice gondola capsizes after tourists refuse to sit down and stop taking selfies #Italy https://shorturl.at/gSV57
  
• Trans inmates with history of violence against women to be mostly kept out of female Scottish jails https://shorturl.at/kvCD9
• War crimes law: often cited, often ignored | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/22npappk
• Robert Jenrick resigns as immigration minister, saying the government's emergency Rwanda legislation "does not go far enough". He said "stronger protections" were needed to end "the merry-go-round of legal challenges which risk paralysing the scheme" https://shorturl.at/rDJNV