23rd June - Law News

Edition 4196: 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: As India PM Modi ramps up his foreign travel, Assam drowns - Nearly 4.96 lakh people have been severely affected in 22 districts of Assam as the flood situation deteriorated on Thursday. One person died in Tamulpur after drowning in flood waters. According to the flood report of Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the flood situation in Bajali is more worst as nearly 2.60 lakh people have been affected in the district followed by 77702 people affected in Nalbari, 65221 people in Barpeta, 25613 people in Lakhimpur, 24023 people in Baksa, 19208 people in Tamulpur, 13704 people in Darrang, 6538 people in Kokrajhar district. 

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

• The government has agreed to give coroners and bereaved families new powers to access information on their loved ones held by tech companies https://shorturl.at/eGLX1
• All five passengers on board the missing Titan submersible are dead, the US Coast Guard has confirmed. Officials say they found parts of the vessel amidst debris near the wreckage of the Titanic https://shorturl.at/eoruz
• We all have computers — so why do we still struggle with digital evidence? - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/hmoy5
  
• Thirteen legacy inquests to be reviewed on Friday | Irish Legal News https://shorturl.at/vBOR6
• ‘It’s just you – and memories’: Kenyan rape survivors find help hard to find - Tracey Doyin took to TikTok after she experienced the official indifference and lack of support faced by sexual assault victims https://tinyurl.com/5br2jmb6
• Irish Refugee Council book reflects on 30 years’ work | Irish Legal News https://shorturl.at/kHN03
• UK fruit picking farms like prison, migrant worker tells peers https://shorturl.at/fjJRW
  
• Ban on conversion practices to be brought forward this year | Irish Legal News https://shorturl.at/ikwDO
  

22nd June - Law News

Edition 4195: 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: R (on the application of Maguire) v His Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde and another

Focus of the Day Legal News: 25,000 solicitors without practising certificates have not paid the new £20 fee required to stay on the roll, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has revealed. The fee is being levied to fund the annual keeping of the roll exercise, reintroduced this year to comply with data protection legislation after a suspension of eight years. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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

• Half of law firms not engaging with review sites, regulators find | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/mtmkru9j
• Titanic sub: Safety concerns raised about missing submersible https://tinyurl.com/26jja9w8
• TLT achieves 33 per cent women representation target early | Scottish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/vnm53f8f 
  
• Parties to pay indemnity costs after reneging on mediated settlement - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/5n6avmta
• Church of England sacks independent abuse panel - The Archbishops' Council confirmed it was "ending the contracts" of all three board members - acting chair Meg Munn, Jasvinder Sanghera and Steve Reeves https://tinyurl.com/yp4yxf92
• The #US says Amazon is tricking customers into signing up for automatically renewing Prime subscriptions and making it difficult to cancel https://tinyurl.com/yzfpzdwe
  
• SFO's 'pioneering interpretation' to claim back cash | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2t7z8kwv
  
• Firms could be forced to point consumers to LeO complaints records - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/2p84c226