25th April - Law News

Edition 4503: 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: Former US president Donald Trump will test his immunity against prosecution bid in the Supreme Court, in the same week his hush money trial has garnered global headlines. In Arizona, a grand jury has indicted 18 allies of Donald Trump for their efforts to subvert the 2020 election. Professor of Government at Bowdoin College, Andrew Rudalevige, tells The World's Beverley O'Connor it will be a critical test for US institutions.

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

• Bar report: gender pay gap little to do with caring responsibilities | Law Gazette https://t.co/M9gorQ7Iwc
  
• Braverman dropping Windrush measures was unlawful, court told. Then home secretary’s decision in January 2023 to drop pledges was discriminatory, high court hears https://tinyurl.com/mppa779u
  
• UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally. Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’ https://tinyurl.com/mrxrbp3h
  
• Judges reject HMRC appeal and rule firm’s marshmallows are not sweets. Innovative Bites Ltd wins case brought by UK tax authority after its ‘mega’ product deemed to be an ‘ingredient’ https://tinyurl.com/3sjc6k6k
  
• SRA fights £75,000 costs order in lost SDT prosecution at Royal Courts of Justice | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/429fec8k
  
• #US supreme court to hear arguments in key case on emergency abortion care. Federal Emtala law has become focal point in heated debate over emergency abortions in states that ban procedure https://tinyurl.com/3y3t8m7a
  
• Bar earnings gap a "serious cultural and structural problem" - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/3jmc5ek2