11th September - Law News

Edition 4276 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: Sara Sharif's grandfather has told the BBC that five children who travelled from the UK to Pakistan with Sara's father have all been taken from his house, where they had been hiding. Neighbours said that dozens of police e raided the property on Monday. Ten-year-old Sara was found dead at her family home in Surrey, England, on 10 August - her father and his partner had fled the UK the day before.

Focus of the Day Legal News:  The Law Commission has recommended a series of reforms to the Arbitration Act 1996, including extending immunity so that arbitrators are protected from liability when they resign or are removed. 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

• Government set to resist calls for ban on NDAs in the workplace - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/3ytuvapk
• Litigants now waiting 78 weeks for their day in county court | Law Gazette https://t.co/OzMEZKUkxJ
• UN research assistant secures SQE1 scholarship for ‘impact of AI’ essay - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RY92YiHcRx
• The SRA’s principles and how they might impact third-party referral - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/4v2k3bz5
• Top UK lawyer hits out at ‘authoritarian’ attacks on legal profession. Respect for law being undermined by ‘disparagement of lawyers and judges’, says Helena Kennedy https://tinyurl.com/t9jfnwvk
  
• Five key questions about Daniel Khalife’s escape, after terror suspect recaptured https://tinyurl.com/499zu7kc
• Scotland sees second major law firm tie-up in a week | Law Gazette https://t.co/UildhBDRmh
  

10th September - Law News

Edition 4275 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: More than 2,000 have been killed in the worst earthquake to hit the country in over a 100 years. The magnitude 6.8 tremor struck late on Friday night. 

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

• Indefinite sentences should be suicide risk factor, says prisons watchdog https://tinyurl.com/c7uy923a
• The Law Society has launched a three-year professional ethics programme to promote discussion about a range of issues solicitors face in their working lives | New Law Journal https://t.co/CGJUOb0q9o
• Forfeiture ruling highlights underground banking threat | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/ycka84m8
• Professional indemnity insurance (PII) covers the loss of a fee paid to solicitors following a misrepresentation, the Court of Appeal has held | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/v5ztsjtv
• Daniel Khalife: Escaped terror suspect arrested in north-west London https://tinyurl.com/354s9bz8
  
• #Ethiopian troops accused of mass killings of civilians in Amhara region https://tinyurl.com/ysd9jyjh
  
• The crown court will be under pressure ‘for the foreseeable future’ despite efforts to recruit more judges, the outgoing Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett has warned in his final annual report | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/5n992u8e