22nd April - Law News

Edition 4500: 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:  Homelessness is on the rise globally, and the Czech Republic has the highest rate in central and eastern Europe. The Guardian visited Prague, for a long time a popular destination for tourists, to see how even this sector caters for the city’s visitors - and to meet the range of people aiming to tackle the causes of homelessness in all its forms. 

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

• Suspended prison sentence for ex-solicitor convicted of fraud at Old Bailey | Law Gazette https://t.co/rXnXxhbz0k
• What does a longer video of the exchange between Met officer and antisemitism campaigner tell us? Thirteen-minute video released by Sky News shows more nuanced discussion at pro-Palestinian march where officer called man ‘openly Jewish’ https://t.co/OZrb6srNvQ
  
• SDT strikes off solicitor who misled clients about progress of £200,000 claim and missed court deadlines | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2uhpzz88
• Met Police apologises to Stephen Lawrence's mother after breaking promise https://tinyurl.com/ye2y2un6
• Fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence claims up to £25,000 set for October, CPRC confirms | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2s4drnm5
  
• The Black woman’s guide to thriving in law - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jhDPoCKfdd
• Google invests £9.5 million in London law firm behind ‘AI paralegal’ which passed the SQE - Legal Cheek https://tinyurl.com/yzdpv57w