19th December - Law News

Edition 4375: 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: US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas complained privately about his salary to a Republican lawmaker years ago, according to a new report by ProPublica

Focus of the Day Legal News: Judge throws out Kabwe lead-poisoning case against Anglo American mining. South African court dismisses huge class-action lawsuit over toxic legacy of mining at Broken Hill in Zambia between 1925 and 1974. 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

• A second-hand dealer has won a case to keep the €4.2m proceeds from the sale of a rare African mask he found in an elderly #French couple's attic. He had been brought in to help clear the attic of the couple, who sold him the mask for €150 https://shorturl.at/hks37
  
• High Court: Mirror's legal department knew about hacking for years - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/3fmnn2c3
  
• Homelessness: 'I was raped while sleeping under a pier in Blackpool' https://t.co/xO6xOmHAbu
  
• SDT urges solicitors to be open with clients after suspending partner - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/59f6te3v
• The co-founder of Extinction Rebellion has received a 15-month suspended jail sentence after a marathon legal battle over her breaking a pane of glass. Dr Gail Bradbrook was convicted last month of causing £27,500+ of damage https://tinyurl.com/fs4nn2p8
  
• Two Georgia poll workers have filed lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani, days after winning a $148m defamation case. Ruby Freeman & Shaye Moss allege that he continued to lie when he repeated false claims mid-trial that "they were engaged in changing votes" https://tinyurl.com/msx6av9e
  
• Israel has "gone beyond self-defence" and lost the moral authority in its war with Hamas, the Tory chair of the Commons foreign affairs committee has said https://tinyurl.com/yr4t7m46
  

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