28th July - Law News

Edition 4231: 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 ferry capsized in the Philippines on Thursday, killing at least 26 people, after high winds from Typhoon Doksuri caused passengers to rush to one side. The boat overturned less than 50 metres from the shore after leaving a wharf in Laguna de Bay in Rizal province, east of Manila. Footage published by the Philippine coastguard showed people onboard vessels approaching the overturned boat. It was unclear how many people were onboard the boat. Forty people were saved

  Focus of the Day Legal News: Unveiling the power of generative AI: the key implications for legal departments. In-house lawyers should start exploring how generative AI can support their roles, writes independent consultant and business lawyer Greg Stern. Full story - The Global Legal Post  

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

• ‘I started shaking’: Andrew Malkinson on being told he is a free man - Nearly 20 years on from conviction for rape, 57-year-old says he will go travelling – to ‘anywhere that’s not the UK’ https://shorturl.at/hmUW6
• Fake explosives plot at Gray’s Inn hatched ‘specifically to target’ barrister | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/nuy35
• Student’s sexual assault and murder shows women’s safety in #India ‘not a priority’ - Despite reforms, campaigners say Mumbai killing proves lack of progress in protecting students since 2012 ‘Nirbhaya’ gang-rape https://tinyurl.com/bdzbj29v
  
• SRA investigating after Mail’s covert sting on immigration lawyers | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/xAQZ1
  
• Home Office ordered to change rules that restrict help for trafficking victims - Court rules all potential victims must be assessed for support, after policy disqualified people with criminal convictions https://shorturl.at/cAU19
• Police chief Will Kerr faces serious sexual offence allegations https://shorturl.at/dvIOP
  
• Former US President Donald Trump is accused of pressuring an employee to delete Mar-a-Lago security camera footage, new charges allege #US https://shorturl.at/cdinH
  

27th July - Law News

Edition 4230: 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 PACCAR Inc & others) v Competition Appeal Tribunal & others UKSC 2021/0078 - The issue arises in the context of applications to bring collective proceedings for breaches of competition law. By a decision dated 19 July 2016, the European Commission found that five major European truck manufacturing groups, including DAF, infringed competition law

  Focus of the Day Legal News: The Solicitors Regulation Authority has vowed to prosecute any solicitor or law firm found to be exploiting the immigration system to help clients win asylum when the case does not merit it. The regulator was responding to the publication of a Daily Mail article alleging that lawyers had advised an undercover reporter to lie to secure UK residence. 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

•  £28m confiscation order against former solicitor to Nigeria official | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/472me66u
• Ameland rescue: Crew jump off ship ablaze with cargo of 3,000 cars https://tinyurl.com/5h2vxn6j
• CMA launches investigation into unregulated legal services - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/2p8nuj8d
• Government to introduce compulsory mediation for small claims - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/39cu7bt5
  
• ‘There’s no other option but to fight’: #Iranian women defiant as ‘morality police’ return https://tinyurl.com/pjwpm3er
  
• Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey wept in court as he was cleared of all charges in his sexual assault trial in London. Jurors at Southwark Crown Court returned not guilty verdicts for nine sexual offence charges relating to four men between 2001 and 2013 https://tinyurl.com/yuhz98f5
• Trade groups demand Ofgem tackle energy brokers ‘ripping off’ small firms - Regulator urged to expose the hidden commission fees middlemen charge that inflate company bills https://tinyurl.com/tszd86xd