24th July - Law News

Edition 4227: 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: Twitter owner Elon Musk has said he wants to get rid of the Twitter bird logo, and replace it with an "X". However, Mr Musk also has a history of making statements that fail to happen or are not serious. Mr Musk, who has changed the name of the business to X Corp, said the replacement "should have been done a long time ago". The move follows a Tweet on Sunday by Musk saying: "And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds."

  Focus of the Day Legal News: The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) has joined a coalition of 290 lawyers, justice, immigration, housing, legal advice and rights groups to collectively condemn the passing of the Illegal Migration Act 2023. Full story - New Law Journal  

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

• #Israel judicial reform: Netanyahu in hospital ahead of key vote - The vote - expected to take place on Monday - will amount to a showdown between the hard-line religious-nationalist coalition and swathes of Israeli society https://tinyurl.com/3vvhky59
  
• Bar Council responds to latest judicial diversity data | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://tinyurl.com/2p97rn8p
• England: Autistic judicial candidate fails in employment claim | Irish Legal News https://shorturl.at/glnvy
• Court of Appeal upholds challenge to Rwanda removals policy – an extended look - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/B1xdy1ScDk
  
• Trends in professional indemnity insurance 2023 - main findings | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3n55anmf
• Don't use dating apps to cheat on your partners, lawyers warned - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZuHszuSoR4
• Will a new failure to prevent fraud offence address the UK’s most commonly committed criminal offence? | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/xon44vsRNg
  
• Trainee solicitor competes in Miss Universe GB comp - Legal Cheek https://t.co/55xSRtsfxc
  

23rd July - Law News

Edition 4226: 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: Each year, thousands of migrants - cross the jungle between Colombia and Panama. They travel 100 kilometers on foot through a rainforest known as the Darien Gap. It's an active route for undocumented migrants, trying to get to the US. But now, wealthy tourists are landing in the same jungle - for adventure holidays.

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

• Manhunt is underway in #Mexico after a man set fire to a bar following being kicked out, killing 11, officials say. The attack happened on Friday night in San Luis Rio Colorado, which borders the US. The bar sits just one street away from the border https://tinyurl.com/mmrym6yr
  
• Merthyr Tydfil: Ffos-y-Fran mine accused of licence breach https://tinyurl.com/543ev73s
• The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) has joined a coalition of 290 lawyers, justice, immigration, housing, legal advice and rights groups to collectively condemn the passing of the Illegal Migration Act 202 | NLJ https://t.co/LxiqRE85bQ
• Around the house: Taylor Swift calls on Venable for new GC; Mastercard taps US chipmaker for CLO - The Global Legal Post https://shorturl.at/kry67
  
• For private client practitioners in the developing digital asset world, managing digital assets is a complex area that requires careful consideration and sensitivity | NLJ https://tinyurl.com/226twrr4
• The family of a teenager put in a coma after developing pneumonia while on holiday in Spain have booked a £33,000 medical flight to bring her home. Bryony Duthie, who suffers from a rare chronic kidney condition, fell ill on 16 July on the Costa Del Sol https://t.co/AbBCIZbbDv
• Kidnapped 13-year-old girl rescued in California after holding up ‘help me’ sign - Police charge 61-year-old man after freeing girl who had been snatched days earlier in Texas from parked car in Long Beach https://shorturl.at/bcuNP
  
• Tom Jones questions Delilah rugby choir ban during Cardiff concert - The 1968 hit has been controversial because of its references to a woman's murder by her jealous partner https://tinyurl.com/3vbaeh96