25th September - Law News

Edition 4290: 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: They want the right to roam to be enshrined in English law - and today activists gathered to mark 20 years since the Land Reform Act. It allowed people in Scotland to wander almost everywhere in the countryside and our chief correspondent Alex Thomson has been out with campaigners who want access to all areas south of the border too.

Focus of the Day Legal News: The average professional indemnity insurance (PII) premium is equivalent to 5% of a law firm’s annual turnover—but small firms pay more. 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

• Solicitor for Post Office defends failure to disclose Horizon helpline calls | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2fy42pjm
• UCL and Glasgow beat Oxford in latest law school rankings - Legal Cheek https://t.co/nox4Maa8SX
• Concerns over 'unchecked' ASBO regime | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3pbj3bjz
• The Weekly Round-up: Terrorist convict escapes Wandsworth, lawsuit against Google and German Court questions conditions in UK prisons - UK Human Rights Blog https://tinyurl.com/4aazyy24
• The Ministry of Defence is offering armed soldiers to support London police after dozens of Met officers handed in their weapons in protest against an officer being charged with murder. More than 100 police officers turned in firearm permits https://tinyurl.com/3f657n29
• A sleepy town in southern #Spain is in shock after it emerged that AI-generated naked images of young local girls had been circulating on social media without their knowledge https://tinyurl.com/2se98mpx
  
• Woman returning from a family holiday in Portugal said she was detained at an airport for about four hours under counter terrorism legislation. Ann Marie Davies, 49 from Swansea, said she was asked if she supported banned Kurdish political party, the PKK https://tinyurl.com/358dwdw3
  

24th September - Law News

Edition 4289: 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 prominent Uyghur academic has been reportedly jailed for life by China for "endangering state security". Professor Rahile Dawut is an expert on Uyghur folklore and traditions and had been teaching at Xinjiang University College of Humanities before her arrest. The 57-year-old lost her appeal last month. China denies allegations of crimes against humanity towards the Uyghur population located in northwest China.

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

• Tainted love: is it all over for the workplace romance? Company values, employment law and fairness at work have changed the politics of office relationships https://shorturl.at/imtF4
• Your in-depth guide to life at over 100 top law firms has officially dropped  - Legal Cheek https://t.co/SBu8eNSeVM
• An increasing number of Metropolitan Police officers are stepping back from firearms duties after a marksman was charged with the murder of Chris Kaba. The unarmed 24 year old died after he was shot by an officer in south London https://shorturl.at/dwxL9
• Kingsley Napley senior partner Stephen Parkinson has been selected as the next Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the Attorney General has confirmed https://t.co/tEcCYAd1yQ
• Firms pull ads from Rumble platform over Russell Brand videos - Burger King, Asos and HelloFresh remove ads from site in wake of allegations about comedian https://shorturl.at/uEO45
• Lawyers have spoken out about government plans to bring clinical negligence cases valued between £1,500 and £25,000 into the fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime from April 2024 | New Law Journal https://t.co/m6J18iMPht
• #French rapper MHD has been given a 12-year jail term for the murder of a young man in Paris in 2018. A court in the capital found the 29-year-old MHD, real name Mohamed Sylla, guilty of involvement in the gang-related killing of Loic K, 23 https://t.co/AyL91QTF03