5th September - Law News

Edition 4270: 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: The failure to fix dangerous concrete in school classrooms was today laid at Rishi Sunak' s door after he was accused of cutting spending on school repairs when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Prime Minister insisted that was "completely and utterly wrong" - and claimed the majority of schools were unaffected. But a sweary outburst from the Education Secretary Gillian Keegan revealed ministers' frustration that they are being blamed for shut classrooms.

Focus of the Day Legal News:  Lady Justice Thirlwall appointed to lead public inquiry into Lucy Letby. Thirlwall was the presiding judge in the 2013 case of Mick and Mairead Philpott and Paul Mosley. 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

• De Montfort Uni teams up with BARBRI to launch SQE-ready LLM - Legal Cheek https://t.co/jBzFMkq27J
• The key to saving youth from violent paths? Inclusive higher education http://tinyurl.com/3b88m28d
• In Focus: Empire-building SRA plays the long game | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/wczbzrkd
• Judge with 'unremitting workload' apologises for falling asleep during trial - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RFrSo76auj
• Court closed for up to nine months after RAAC discovery | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/4vxhss3m
• Court of Appeal sets aside circuit judge's "plainly irregular" ruling - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/y4sc2n6a
• 42-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assault after an incident during Arsenal's 3-1 win over Manchester United on Sunday. The circulation of footage showing Sky Sports pundits Micah Richards and Roy Keane involved in an altercation with an individual https://t.co/v5X5WRtbQH
  

4th September - Law News

Edition 4269: 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: After riots broke out in Tel Aviv on Saturday, Israel is considering the immediate deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying "a red line" had been crossed. Some 170 people were injured in violent clashes with police and in-fighting between groups of supporters and opponents of the Eritrean regime. Mr Netenyahu also ordered a new plan to remove all African migrants that he described as "illegal infiltrators". Saturday's unprecedented disorder began after activists opposed to the Eritrean government said that they had asked Israeli authorities to cancel an event organised by their country's embassy.

Focus of the Day Legal News:  An investment of £11.3m in early legal advice providers is needed urgently, the Law Society has warned. Otherwise, civil legal aid will ‘vanish’, just at a time when millions of people are struggling with debt, housing costs and the cost-of-living crisis. 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

• Law firms positive about finances despite rising costs - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/yckbcskh
• In the UK approach to asylum, nothing works | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/4a7yvp7u
• The global human rights regime has collapsed. We urgently need a radical new framework to protect the fundamental rights of all human beings https://tinyurl.com/3z96panf
• Independent fashion brands across the world have seen duplicates of their clothes offered on the Chinese retailer Shein’s site at ultra-low prices. But there appears to be little they can do about it https://tinyurl.com/hneb8d42
• ‘We don’t need police’: the New Forest village taking the law into its own hands. At the village with the most unsolved burglaries in the UK, shopkeepers are turning to vigilante-style tactics https://t.co/TP8OhXYInV
• Solicitors are underestimating the risks of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) | NLJ https://tinyurl.com/mr6c34p
• England’s concrete crisis could extend to hospitals and courts, experts say https://tinyurl.com/yujsxj7d