26th April - Law News

Edition 4138: 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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 Focus of the Day Law News/Article: Legislation abolishing the ‘not proven’ verdict, reducing the size of juries and introducing a pilot for juryless trials has been introduced at the Scottish Parliament. Full story - Scottish Legal News

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Appellant) v BXB (Respondent) [2023] UKSC 15 In 1990, the respondent, Mrs B, was raped by an elder of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Mark Sewell, at his home, after they had been out evangelising together. Mr Sewell was convicted of raping Mrs B, and of indecently assaulting two other people, in 2014.

 

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

• Law firm to pay ex-client £400,000 for negligent divorce advice | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/QRS14
  
• Patna High Court orders interim stay on proceedings against Rahul Gandhi before Bihar court in defamation case | Bar & Bench #India https://shorturl.at/kEMPV
  
• My legal life: Emily Lui, Seddons - Profile | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/bxz13
  
• British American Tobacco is to pay $635m (£512m) plus interest to #US authorities after a subsidiary admitted selling cigarettes to North Korea in violation of sanctions https://shorturl.at/kCDI5
  
• AI to revolutionise work of both lawyers and judges, says MR - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/clntM
  
• North Sea drilling: Greenpeace prepares to challenge ‘disastrous’ UK decision - Court to decide if judicial review of Liz Truss move to allow new oil and gas drilling should be permitted https://shorturl.at/fnJ46
  
• Best of the blogs - 22 April 2023 | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/gjtBE
  
• Fears grow for Taiwan book publisher believed held in #China https://shorturl.at/kBDV1
  
• Crucial hearing in Mastercard litigation begins | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/gCHTV
  
• Prince William was paid a "very large sum" by the owners of The Sun to settle historical phone-hacking claims, court papers from Prince Harry's lawyers say https://shorturl.at/cfil8
  

25th April - Law News

Edition 4137: 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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 Focus of the Day Law News/Article: A project to build a digital settlement prototype that speeds up payments in conveyancing by linking banks, conveyancers and HM Land Registry has ended successfully, according to the Bank of England innovation body that ran it. Full story - New Law Journal

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: The  descendants of some of the country's biggest slave owners have launched a joint appeal for the Government to apologise - and atone for Britain's role in slavery - including a programme of restorative justice. The signatories include the current Earl of Harewood.

 

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

• CPS includes ‘love-bombing’ in guidance on abusive partners prosecution https://tinyurl.com/3jbmk555
  
• What was corporate law like in the 1980s? - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/bJNS5
  
• #Spanish firm wrong to fire electrician for drinking alcohol during working day, court rules https://shorturl.at/nuEO1
  
• The Confusing Press Release on Foreign Law Firms | Bar & Bench #India https://shorturl.at/xFL08
  
• Climate change ‘valid’ reason for law firms to reject clients, says Law Society - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/gnAPX
  
• The UK's biggest business group has admitted it hired "culturally toxic" staff and failed to fire people who sexually harassed female colleagues
  CBI hired 'toxic' staff and failed to sack offenders https://shorturl.at/jDZ18
  
• Lawyers twice as likely to work on days off, research finds - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/vCMNY
  
• Wagatha Christie play faces plot twist after Rebekah Vardy trademark move - Producers of West End show Vardy v Rooney say surprise legal move to trademark a pun will be referred to in script https://shorturl.at/dqsy0
  
• ‘I am sick of my non-law friends asking me for free legal advice’ - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/cDY02
  
• #India Supreme Court imposes ₹25k costs on petitioner who alleged mistrial in Mahatma Gandhi assassination case | Bar & Bench https://tinyurl.com/5d4ufjp2