21st June - Law News

Edition 4194: 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: Since the assassination of Haiti's president, Jovenel Moïse, in 2021, the country has been in turmoil, with gangs taking control of much of the capital, Port-au-Prince. But they are not a new phenomenon

Focus of the Day Legal News: A solicitor who was fired two weeks into a six-month contract was wrongly dismissed and entitled to be paid for the full six months, an employment tribunal has ruled. Full story - Legal Futures

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

• Police say unplanned motor fraud is on the rise | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/djqFG
• Windrush: Hundreds with chronic and mental illness sent back to Caribbean https://shorturl.at/szAY6
• Legal ethics meets AI: How firms should chart a path - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/acwyY
  
• Lawyer of the Month: Don McGann | Irish Legal News https://shorturl.at/kosR0
• Council apologises for press release breaching judgment embargo - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/5c674kf4
• Law firm wrongfully dismissed solicitor after two weeks - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/vajf5deh
  
• Over 2,000 duty solicitors lost in a decade, Law Society warns | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/ysndn24s
  
• Child Law Project celebrates 10th anniversary | Irish Legal News https://shorturl.at/FJOY3
  

20th June - Law News

Edition 4193: 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: JTI POLSKA Sp. Z o.o. and others (Respondents) v Jakubowski and others (Appellants)

Focus of the Day Legal News: Case of UK woman jailed for late abortion is difficult for activists on both sides. Pro-choice and anti-abortion supporters face dilemmas arising from the recent tragic case, making it difficult to press ministers for a change in the law. Full story - Guardian Law

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

• French police are searching the headquarters of the organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. "Paris 2024 is co-operating fully with the investigators to facilitate their investigations https://shorturl.at/gmtIS
• Solicitor dismissed after two weeks wins contract breach claim | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/iuxGU
• Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has been charged in #Romania with rape, human trafficking and forming an organised crime group to sexually exploit women https://t.co/Qkj4SbSX7g
  
• Global network of sadistic monkey torture exposed https://shorturl.at/elC89
• MR: Regulators and courts need to control use of ChatGPT in litigation - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/hkHR0
• Covid inquiry: mixed messages over disclosure | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/26dd4z6v
  
• Criminal barrister in the running for London mayor: Tory candidate Mozammel Hossain KC was the first Bangladeshi-born criminal barrister to take silk - Legal Cheek https://shorturl.at/CDJL1
  
• Hiring star lawyers “can lower quality of service” - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/euDNU