3rd September - Law News

Edition 4268: 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 curfew has been imposed in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk after one protester was killed and several others injured. Security forces dispersed rival demonstrations by Kurdish and Arab residents over the Kurdistan Democratic Party's return to the political arena.

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

• Fraud cases on the rise in England and Wales, study finds - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/Xr0KuHJHhm
• Mahek Bukhari was a burgeoning TikTok star, with a mother who enthusiastically supported her influencer daughter. But an ill-fated affair saw both their lives unravel into deceit, blackmail, and ultimately murder https://shorturl.at/wEGX9
• The Civil Justice Council (CJC) published part one of its final report on pre-action protocols last week | NLJ https://t.co/gMEZJhkMZu
• Law Society refreshes board with new appointments - The Global Legal Post https://shorturl.at/GKO67
• Fascist group Proud Boys member Ethan Nordean and Dominic Pezzola jailed for US Capitol riot #US https://shorturl.at/tU124
  
• Home Office defies high court by placing 100 asylum-seeker children in hotels. Unlawful practice still used in Kent was condemned after more than 200 went missing from accommodation https://shorturl.at/acuP1
• Solicitors, barristers and other lawyers could be required to provide complaints information to clients at repeated intervals during the working relationship, under Legal Services Board (LSB) proposals | NLJ https://tinyurl.com/3b9pthx5
  

2nd September - Law News

Edition 4267: 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: Is 1984 Becoming a Reality? - George Orwell's Warning to the World

 

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

• GCs call for role to be set out in corporate governance code - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/3myupdk7
• PI firm had no contact with clients referred by claims farmer | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/y9mawprd
• RSPB v the Tories: six environmental promises - lies or otherwise? https://tinyurl.com/y599p6ja
• SRA hit with £75,000 costs bill for 'speculative' prosecution | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/44xhab9t
• Texas law aims to punish prosecutors who refuse to pursue abortion cases. New law says prosecutors who adopt policy of refusing to go after people for violating abortion bans constitutes ‘official misconduct’ #US https://tinyurl.com/2sp2wxxc
  
• Man with Traveller heritage compensated after Conservative club refused to host christening party. Man brought discrimination claim after Park Conservative club in Cardiff said Irish Travellers were banned https://tinyurl.com/3fvnzccd
• Theresa May says she regrets using term ‘hostile environment’. Memoir blames Windrush scandal on Home Office staff and previous governments including Clement Attlee’s https://tinyurl.com/5cajweuw