9th June - Law News

Edition 4182: 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  claimant who offered to beat her own Part 36 offer by just 7p should face costs penalties because that offer was not genuine, a county court has ruled. District Judge Griffith, sitting in the Birmingham County Court in Gohil v Advantage Insurance Company Limited, agreed the claimant had made a ‘tactical step’ rather than offer to settle at 99.999% of the full value. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: HIV clinics in Uganda that cater to the LGBT community are warning that fewer and fewer patients are visiting. They say they're fearful after the country passed some of the harshest anti-LGBT laws in the world in March. As Tom Canetti reports, it's not just the patients that are worried - clinic donors also disappearing.

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

• Claim against law firm lost by court can proceed, appeal judges rule - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/mFMNW
  
• Agreement brings Indian market opening a step closer | | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/DIMR3
  
• Every home burglary scene now attended by officers, say police chiefs https://shorturl.at/hkoCQ
  
• Pandemic experience has given lawyers more confidence in tech - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/IPQ48
  
• Agreement brings Indian market opening a step closer | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/pvX29 
  
• “Partnership is dying” as law firms need greater agility - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/vnbs8vrn
  
• Race for new technology slowing among firms, LSB finds | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/bnyIL
  
• Solicitor failed to tell clients their claims had been struck out - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/aegQT
  
• Women who are groped on trains in East Asia face the further threat of their assault being filmed and uploaded for sale online. A year-long investigation had gone undercover to unmask the men cashing in on sexual violence https://shorturl.at/hmszS
• LGBT+: Metropolitan Police chief apologises to Peter Tatchell over past failings https://shorturl.at/oJK19
  
• Retired solicitor lambasted for 'snoring' during evidence | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/gsZ57
  

8th June - Law News

Edition 4181: 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 Supreme Court has granted the insurance industry permission to appeal the Court of Appeal ruling on mixed injury claims in the Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Afghanistan. Ever since the West withdrew in haste almost two years ago and the Taliban retook power, we stopped paying much attention. A mistake, it turns out. Initially it seemed the Taliban were adopting a more pragmatic, less hardline approach, in contrast to their first stint in power. But the hopes of the outside world were misplaced.

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 teacher explains why the Ben Roberts-Smith exhibit has been moved at the war memorial https://shorturl.at/egoDN
  
• "About time" - Post Office replaces HSF as Horizon inquiry lawyers - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/bciCG
  
• Prince Harry says he was suspicious over Chelsy Davy lap dance story https://shorturl.at/moIP1
  
• Forcing change for homelessness cases | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/ahmqG
  
• Americans want to join unions. The supreme court doesn’t like that https://shorturl.at/lMO04
  
• Smaller law firms turn to marketing as optimism falters - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/quCI9
  
• Gray’s Inn ‘explosives’: accused businessman to give evidence | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/GSV06
  
• Oxfam has apologised after posting an animation for Pride Month featuring a character in a "hate group" resembling JK Rowling. The charity has denied the cartoon woman with red eyes and a "Terf" badge is based on the Harry Potter writer https://shorturl.at/alzDQ
  
• Harvard affirmative action challenge partly based on Holocaust denier’s work #US https://shorturl.at/uCRS9
  
• Met Police will apologise 'if' mistakes made over Coronation arrests https://shorturl.at/GX058
  
• Enough waiting: here is some AI guidance for lawyers | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/cDNY5