6th February - Law News

Edition 4425: 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: Video shows migrant smugglers trying to evade US officials on boat

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

• Solicitors Regulation Authority announces review of consumer protection measures | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/4298fnzm
• Ex-managing partner ordered to pay costs for misleading tribunal - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/8xz89z3b
• Former Barcelona and Brazil football player Dani Alves has gone on trial in #Spain accused of raping a woman in a nightclub. The 40-year-old has been in prison without bail for more than a year since the alleged incident took place in December 2022 http://tinyurl.com/kb9huhcc
  
• SRA begins fundamental review of client protection - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/2ezz568c
• The energy and climate minister Graham Stuart consulted BP over incentives to maximise oil production, FoI reveals. Meeting took place days after BP reported record profits while households were squeezed by high energy bills https://t.co/rdglO2Pi5s
  
• The family of a grandmother who was killed in a dog attack have said they are angry at the conditions the animals were kept in. Esther Martin, 68, was fatally injured inside a home in Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, on Saturday afternoon http://tinyurl.com/24j98jfd
• The tragedy of Leonard Farruku, the gifted young musician whose dream of a better life ended on the Bibby Stockholm http://tinyurl.com/mu6e9xh7
  

5th February - Law News

Edition 4424: 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: Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been cleared of breaking the law when she refused to follow police orders to leave a protest at a London oil conference last year. There was applause in court as the judge acquitted her and her four co-defendants, saying there was not enough evidence against them and the order to disperse was unclear. The Swedish environmentalist has been arrested several times in the last year. 

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 Ministry of Justice ends costs incentive to settle cases on eve of trial | Law Gazette https://t.co/RnQSXAqNqN
• Legal helpline advisor not under duty to advise prospective client - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/8j2w5fk2
• High Court hearing to open in dispute between Crypto Open Patent Alliance and Dr Craig Wright | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/4nxme7dt
• The head of the Scottish Prison Service has said the jails are too full and she may soon have to say "enough is enough, we cannot take any more" http://tinyurl.com/ycy4nfn3
• Former lord chancellor Robert Buckland: divorce reform needs to move faster | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/yps8fjpp
  
• Government set to commission review of third-party litigation funding - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/3mkfd74a