5th June - Law News

Edition 4178: 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:  The Sentencing Council will publish new and revised guidelines according to its business plan for 2023-24, published in May. Full story - New Law Journal

 

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Prince Harry to appear in London's high court to give evidence in lawsuit against Mirror group. Prince will become the first senior British Royal to give evidence in court in 130 years.

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 man has been charged after a protester ran onto the racecourse during the Epsom Derby on Saturday. The horseracing event was targeted by animal rights protesters https://shorturl.at/jkSZ7
  
• Fake GCSE and A-level exam papers sold on Instagram and TikTok https://shorturl.at/BGQX9
  
• Diana, Meghan and the tabloid press: Harry finally gets his day in court https://shorturl.at/lEKO4
  
• Why was it so hard for our judiciary to admit they’d jailed an innocent man for 16 years? https://tinyurl.com/jxufym8m
• ‘The judge went absolutely berserk’: my life as a barrister in badly behaved Britain https://shorturl.at/gJTV2
  

4th June - Law News

Edition 4177: 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: The India Railway Board today detailed the events leading to the catastrophic triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday night that killed at least 288 people and left over 1,000 injured. Railways Minister Ahswini Vaishnaw has said the accident was caused due to an issue with the "electronic interlocking system".

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

• Why does Rishi Sunak want to limit scope of Covid inquiry? https://shorturl.at/fkJN8
  
• Why the Ben Roberts-Smith verdict is not a complete victory for journalism https://shorturl.at/frAGT
  
• Bournemouth beach deaths: Police presence at cruiser https://shorturl.at/pCWX1
  
• #German row over jail term for woman who attacked neo-Nazis https://shorturl.at/gIOW6
• UK spies to be investigated over claims they were complicit in torture of CIA prisoner https://shorturl.at/lCHU5