26th August - Law News

Edition 4260: 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 spate of Quran burnings in Denmark and Sweden has prompted the Danish government to propose a law banning public desecration of religious books. Denmark has been struggling to prevent the burnings, which are protected under current freedom of expression laws. The Danish government says it must act to stop the desecrations as they have increased the threat of terror attacks against Danish institutions and citizens.

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

• Injury lawyers fight fixed costs reforms through the courts | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/55ph3fv7
• Why we created the National Law Student Triathlon - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/yu2kakfk
  
• Jenni Hermoso says she did not consent to be kissed by #Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales - as 81 players confirm they will not play for Spain's national team until he is removed from his post https://tinyurl.com/mrx2jhnk
  
• A woman filmed kicking and striking a pony during a hunt has been cleared of animal cruelty charges. The RSPCA brought a private prosecution after Sarah Moulds disciplined the animal in Lincolnshire in 2021 https://tinyurl.com/p9y8k96w
  
• Cardiff non-profit secures lottery cash for Court of Protection help | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3y5u6ssp
• The #US Department of Justice (DOJ) has said it is suing Elon Musk's SpaceX, alleging the rocket firm discriminates against refugees and asylum seekers in its hiring practices https://tinyurl.com/cznre78h
  
• Drunken driver Alexander McKellar who killed cyclist Tony Parsons then buried body is jailed https://tinyurl.com/ymxhdcuk
  

25th August - Law News

Edition 4259: 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: What is the Supreme Court? Why was it established in 2009? And what issues does it hear about? This introductory film is primarily aimed at GSCE/Standard Grade students and explores the role and the workings of the Supreme Court, the only court with UK-wide jurisdiction and the highest court in the land. This video is just one of a range of learning resources on our website designed to aid teaching in the classroom about the law, as well as to complement educational visits to the Court. If you are a teacher or student interested in such a visit, please see the education page on our website for further information.

 Focus of the Day Legal News: UK’s SFO calls time on ENRC and Rio Tinto probes. Fraud watchdog closes decade-long investigation into Kazakh miner ENRC citing “insufficient admissible evidence to prosecute”. 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

• Nearly half of CPS letters to complainants 'inadequate' | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/47suwsda
  
• Victim’s partner urges no parole for Wiltshire killer unless body found https://tinyurl.com/2y4sch5r
  
• More than 1,000 chase 25 places at firm’s paralegal academy | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/bdfkvs82
• A man who murdered his wife has refused to reveal where her remains are. Glyn Razzell, 64, from Somerset, is serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife Linda, who vanished on the way to work in Swindon in 2002 https://tinyurl.com/yc85c2yh
  
• Relatives of the father of Sara Sharif, whose death in the UK sparked an international manhunt, cannot be detained in #Pakistan by police for questioning on his whereabouts. The decision was made at the Lahore high court, Rawalpindi bench https://tinyurl.com/n7muzbv5
  
• CJC presses ahead with radical reform plans for pre-action protocols - Legal Futures  https://tinyurl.com/yhrumr27
  
• The number of people in the UK waiting for a decision on their asylum claims has risen to a record high, latest Home Office figures show. More than 175,000 people were waiting for a decision at the end of June 2023 - up 44% from last year https://tinyurl.com/4pzc4pjx