31st July - Law News

Edition 4234: 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: Why the Pupillage Fair is such an important event to help aspiring barristers make intelligent choices about their futures.

  Focus of the Day Legal News: An overhaul of the criminal appeals process is on the cards, after the Law Commission launched a major review into potential reform. 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

• Quartet of top City law firms announce muted financial results - Legal Cheek https://tinyurl.com/2ysjcdbx
• Conveyancing: Law Society lobbies for changes to building safety legislation | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/j4xuah57
• The Guardian view on rap and drill music: a song should not land the young in jail | Editorial https://tinyurl.com/5n7k7jxd
• The Secret Diary of Charlotte Owen, aged 30¼: ‘I’m a Barbie girl, and a baroness.’ - The former Boris Johnson aide has taken her seat as the youngest life peer in British history https://tinyurl.com/2p93a4zk
  
• #Denmark is considering banning protests involving burning the Quran or other religious texts over security and diplomatic concerns https://tinyurl.com/369s3uez
  
• Covid, the Cabinet and a tussle over disclosure: R (Cabinet Office) v The Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry - UK Human Rights Blog https://tinyurl.com/djmrvxw3
• A midwife who told a patient that terrorists could contaminate milk formula to "kill the babies" has been struck off. Anna Semenenko made the remark when trying to persuade a patient to breastfeed https://tinyurl.com/2f6rev8s
  

30th July - Law News

Edition 4233: 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: Wellbeing is important for everyone at the Bar. In this video, leaders from across the Bar explore some of the issues and challenges the profession faces, as well as potential solutions and ways to get help if you need it. - For more information, resources and support for barristers visit www.wellbeingatthebar.org.uk/help-for-barristers - Barristers can call 0800 169 2040 for the assistance programme for 24-hour telephone support and free counselling www.wellbeingatthebar.org.uk/assistance-programme - Visit www.lawcare.org.uk for free, confidential, emotional support for anyone working in the 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

• An overhaul of the criminal appeals process is on the cards, after the Law Commission launched a major review into potential reform | NLJ https://tinyurl.com/5xwp4a2e
• PI almost a CMC-free zone as overall number continues to fall - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/yj94ptnj
• Litigation funding agreements are not enforceable in competition cases, the Supreme Court has held, in a case with disappointing implications for the funding industry | NLJ https://tinyurl.com/5d82s3n7
• An Inverness woman has launched legal action against Police Scotland after having a job offer withdrawn because she was taking antidepressants. Laura Mackenzie had sailed through the recruitment process for her "dream job" to become a police officer https://tinyurl.com/2m7nzudm
  
• Lawyers have been asked for their views on the extension to the fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime on 1 October, including inquest costs and advocacy fees for cases that settle late | NLJ https://tinyurl.com/2hy253wt
• Ex-Trump lawyer says evidence against him ‘overwhelming’ in Mar-a-Lago case #US https://tinyurl.com/y9cvu33a
  
• #US officer who put handcuffed woman in car hit by freight train found guilty - Jordan Steinke convicted on misdemeanour charges but found not guilty of more serious charges over 2022 crash in Colorado https://tinyurl.com/488nhrht