18th December - Law News

Edition 4374: 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: In this episode of Fault Lines, we look into Florida’s cosmetic surgery industry, which has made national headlines for its high incidence of patient death and disfigurement, especially with regard to the extremely popular Brazilian butt lift (BBL) surgeries. The Florida Board of Medicine has spent years trying to place guardrails on the industry, particularly with regard to BBL surgeries, but our investigation reveals a pattern of surgeons engaging in unsafe practices and lobbying lawmakers to allow them to continue doing so. 

Focus of the Day Legal News: Inappropriate or unacceptable behaviour, bullying, harassment and discrimination at the Bar is a ‘systemic issue’, the Bar Council has said, after research uncovered shocking levels of abuse at work. 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

• CrowdJustice set for expansion after sale to major platform - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/4wd56x6x
  
• Aspiring barrister facing criminal charges over humanitarian work in Greece allowed to continue legal training | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/bdzyu7ja
  
• ICO's criminal investigations team looks into claims BBC withheld documents https://tinyurl.com/4b7nn9ae
  
• Legal action planned over UK’s ‘cruel’ income threshold visa rules. Thousands of families with one British partner and one from abroad will be hit by £38,700 salary requirement https://tinyurl.com/2jeu2d9f
• Deferring point of call for barristers “could improve social mobility” - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/yy8s9r7h
  
• Felixstowe same-sex couple receives one of Anglican church's first blessings https://tinyurl.com/bddbu3ec
  
• Rishi Sunak intervened to ensure VIP helicopter contract was not cancelled. Prime minister – often criticised over fondness for air travel – asked Grant Shapps to act https://tinyurl.com/268852rr
  

17th December - Law News

Edition 4373: 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: The former Conservative peer Michele Mone has admitted she lied about her links to a firm which was awarded hundreds of millions of pounds in contracts to supply the Government with PPE during the pandemic. Mone admitted making an "error" by denying her ties to PPE Medpro, which was owned by a consortium led by her husband. The contracts yielded profits of around sixty million pounds. But she insisted she couldn't see what they had done wrong.It’s more than two months into the war on Gaza and Israelis have shown overwhelming support. But not everyone feels that way, and some Israelis who oppose the war are feeling ostracized or even endangered. Where is Israeli public opinion on the war on Gaza – and what will that mean as the war goes on?

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

• Increasing numbers of deprivation of liberty orders are being made against children, family law campaigners have warned. Yet, in the majority of cases, the parents or carers concerned have no access to legal advice - New Law Journal https://t.co/mdC1iHvwf9
  
• Assisted dying campaigners hope to make 2024 ‘tipping point’ for UK legislation https://tinyurl.com/28d2dtka
  
• Defra's generic plan for river clean up unlawful - local focus on water bodies needed - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/5PxBUPGRD6
  
• Piers Morgan denies knowing of phone hacking after judge rules he did https://tinyurl.com/34fnx6k8
  
• Michelle Mone has admitted that she stands to benefit from tens of millions of pounds of profit from personal protective equipment (PPE) sold to the UK government during the pandemic by a company led by her husband, Doug Barrowman https://t.co/LGorv3QphA
  
• Just Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for taking part in slow march https://tinyurl.com/33pza778
  
• Barristers have been told they must remove wigs and gowns before leaving the Old Bailey, as this has been highlighted as a security concern | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/6w3u8wcs