16th August - Law News

Edition 4250: 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: Donald Trump now has ten days to turn himself in - after a court in Georgia accused him and 18 others of attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election there - in other words, "knowingly and willingly joining a conspiracy" to subvert the will of voters.

 Focus of the Day Legal News: The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) expects to see more cases involving “toxic and anachronistic” work cultures, it has said. The increase in the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) fining powers to £25,000 are also likely to lead to more appeals to the SDT. 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

• Six former Metropolitan Police officers have been charged with sending racist messages on WhatsApp after a BBC Newsnight investigation. The officers served in various parts of the force but all spent time in the Diplomatic Protection Group https://tinyurl.com/kwzfhue7
• Sara Sharif: International manhunt over murder of girl, 10 https://tinyurl.com/mpj9xf2w
  
• SRA: Solicitors "routinely underestimate" risks in NDAs - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/ddxbk79x
• Bibby Stockholm: Home Office ‘should accept blame’ for delay in removing people https://tinyurl.com/yf552ey5
• SLAPPs costs protection scheme is 'no panacea' | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/5496eded
  
• An elderly couple left horrified after being charged £110 by Ryanair to print their tickets at the airport. Ruth, 79, and Peter Jaffe, 80, told the BBC's Radio 4 Today Programme they had to pay the fee after they mistakenly downloaded incorrect tickets https://tinyurl.com/yk62wdcy
  
• Solicitor who hid convictions from new employer struck off | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2bvywkdk

15th August - Law News

Edition 4249: 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: Former United States President Donald Trump has been hit with a fourth set of criminal charges by a grand jury in Georgia, which issued an indictment accusing him of efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat candidate and winner Joe Biden.

 Focus of the Day Legal News: Government attacks on lawyers degrading, say former Tory law officers. Dominic Grieve and Edward Garnier denounce ‘lefty lawyer’ rhetoric as dossier target fears abuse will turn physical. 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

• Girl, 13, gives birth after she was raped and denied abortion in Mississippi: The nearest abortion clinic – in Chicago – was too far away and too expensive for her mother to provide her with the procedure #US https://tinyurl.com/2vrvhb2d
  
• PSNI data breach: Details of NI police in hands of dissident republicans https://shorturl.at/rCGU4
  
• #Italy's far-right ruling party has been ordered to pay damages to a same-sex couple for using a photo of them with their newborn son without their consent in an anti-surrogacy campaign https://shorturl.at/tBNO6
  
• Lakhimpur case: Life in jail for #India sisters' rape and hanging - India's 80 million Dalit women, a community that is at the bottom of India's deeply discriminatory caste hierarchy https://shorturl.at/dOW27
  
• Chalk pledges £220m to modernise court buildings | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/hEV36
  
• Afghanistan refugees being let down by UK, says think tank https://shorturl.at/empJ3
  
• A crucial new law that aims to protect the personal data of Indians will dilute another landmark legislation that brought much-needed transparency into government functioning #India https://shorturl.at/akqUW