11th June - Law News

Edition 4184: 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: In Iraq, the ancient art of pottery is declining. Many potters have abandoned the craft, as people turn to modern imports. But some are keeping that rich heritage alive.

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

• EU agrees radical reforms on migration and asylum laws https://shorturl.at/fFHNR
  
• How Alabama discriminated against Black voters – visualized - The state’s new congressional map had only one majority-Black district, even though they make up 25% of the population #US https://shorturl.at/bnIV1
  
• What's in the Trump indictment: US nuclear secrets and files kept in shower https://shorturl.at/diSV7
  
• Carlton Queen capsize: Passengers plan to sue owners of boat https://shorturl.at/bklF6
  
• Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, has been found dead in his jail cell by prison officers, #US media says, citing prison officials https://shorturl.at/eAHIT
  
• A City financier is leaving the company he founded after sexual harassment allegations. Crispin Odey's departure from Odey Asset Management follows a Financial Times report that 13 women accused him of sexual harassment https://shorturl.at/pyAD5
  
• Unsecured creditor claims against Pure Legal top £40m | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/gtC08
  
• A 16-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after an assault at a boarding school which left two students in hospital https://shorturl.at/wyFV3
  
• High-profile defamation case dismissed by judge | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/xP057
• Police investigate deaths at Royal Sussex County Hospital https://tinyurl.com/5ajcz6tb
  
• A parking firm has lost a civil case against a motorist over an unpaid £160 fine after she requested the details in Welsh rather than just in English. A judge ruled against Simple Intelligent Parking Ltd, which had not provided information bilingually https://shorturl.at/dhtuG
  

10th June - Law News

Edition 4183: 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: A Indian man was slapped on the face and hit with slippers in public for allegedly harassing a college student in Karnataka's Udipi district on Friday. Video of the incident shot from the scene showed the man requesting the locals to let him go as the girl hit him on his head and face with her slippers. He makes no attempts to retort and continues to face the assault as villagers watch on. 

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

• Puberty blockers will only be prescribed to children attending gender identity services as part of clinical research, NHS England has announced, children's gender services said there were "gaps in evidence" around the drugs https://shorturl.at/jwQ25
  
• #French media have lauded a young "hero with a backpack" for his attempts to thwart a knife attack in Annecy which left four children seriously injured. Henri, 24, was filmed chasing the suspect and swinging his bag at him https://shorturl.at/agsGO
  
• Boris Johnson is to step down as an MP with immediate effect after receiving the Partygate report. That report by the MP-led Privileges Committee looked into whether he misled Parliament over lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street https://shorturl.at/gktT6
  
• n defence of partnership – London firm moves to full equity - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/epCGH
  
• The publisher of the Mirror newspapers has made a court apology to the former Coronation Street actor Nikki Sanderson after admitting using private investigators to get stories about her https://shorturl.at/loAR9
  
• Trainee conveyancer "used skills" in school place fraud - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/fsNXZ
  
• A boy who died after being followed by police on his e-bike and then colliding with an ambulance has been named locally as 15-year-old Saul Cookson https://shorturl.at/doIQV
  
• Supreme Court backs Jack Daniel's in dog toy row #US https://shorturl.at/iDRW0
  
• Solicitor handed record SRA fine for accounts rules breaches - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/cNOVX
• Labour shadow minister Bambos Charalambous suspended over complaint - Mr Charalambous is a solicitor and worked for Hackney Council in their housing legal team before becoming an MP in 2017 https://shorturl.at/aABOT
  
• Tesco could be breaking law on Clubcard pricing, says Which? https://shorturl.at/ajtIS