17th August - Law News

Edition 4251: 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 23 year Australian old man has been sentenced to more than three years jail for causing the death of a Perth teenager who fell from a moving car in a laneway at the rear of his family's northern suburbs home.

 Focus of the Day Legal News: The High Court has overturned a judge’s finding of fundamental dishonesty, after ruling that the reasons were not properly explained. His Honour Judge Khan, sitting at Burnley County Court, had said in his judgment it was ‘axiomatic’ that the personal injury claimant’s dishonesty over a head injury had been fundamental. 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

• PSNI data breach: Man arrested in investigation into linked criminality https://tinyurl.com/ycd9xu7n
• Solicitor struck off for taking loan from client and trying to conceal it - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/y2uahmfz
  
• The British Museum in London has sacked a member of staff and police are investigating after treasures were reported "missing, stolen or damaged" https://tinyurl.com/mphcjavz
• Widower of jailed Post Office worker loses appeal in wake of Horizon scandal https://tinyurl.com/2p8jwn9h
• Water companies are playing dirty over sewage. That’s why 20 million of us are taking them to court https://tinyurl.com/5eu3b4dy
  
• Claimant who lied about minor injury not fundamentally dishonest - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/4ckyj2z4
  
• Police and CPS had key DNA evidence 16 years before Andrew Malkinson cleared of rape https://tinyurl.com/ycy8mexn
  

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