18th November - Law News

Edition 4344: 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:  Humanitarian agencies warn Gaza residents face the threat of starvation and disease as winter temperatures approach. The UN World Food Programme and World Health Organization warn nearly the entire population is in desperate need of assistance which isn’t coming.

 

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

• Sam Altman, the head of artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, has been ousted by the company's board, which said it had lost confidence in his ability to lead the company https://tinyurl.com/37kz3efn
• Chakraborty v Union of India: Indian Supreme Court declines to legalise same-sex marriage | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/m8s3ndk5
• Supreme Court dismisses commercial lender's appeal over PPI claim | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/ycyan9y5
• Labour MP Jo Stevens's office vandalised after Gaza vote - her Cardiff office was daubed in red paint and covered in posters which accused her of having "blood" on her hands https://t.co/LVi2hY7g2z
  
• Solicitor convicted of tipping off client about money laundering probe - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/2p9vbrad
• NDisability History Month: Law Society unveils guidance for disabled students becoming a solicitor | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/336ckx73
• The prison population in England and Wales stands at 87,744. There are 40 more people in prison today than there were last week, and 5,053 more than this time last year. There are 84,149 people in men's prisons and 3,595 in women's prisons https://howardleague.org/prison-watch/
  
  

17th November - Law News

Edition 4343: 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:  Canada Square Operations Ltd (Appellant) v Potter (Respondent) - The Limitation Act 1980 sets out the time limits (or limitation periods) for bringing different kinds of legal claims. Section 32(1)(b) postpones the commencement of the ordinary limitation period where any fact relevant to the claimant's right of action has been "deliberately concealed" from them by the defendant. Section 32(2) provides that, for the purposes of section 32(1), "deliberate commission of a breach of duty in circumstances in which it is unlikely to be discovered for some time amounts to deliberate concealment of the facts involved in that breach of duty."

Focus of the Day Legal News: 
SRA defends oversight of Axiom Ince and promises review of ‘accumulator firm’ supervision. Regulator says it uncovered ‘sophisticated’ suspected dishonesty including ‘falsified bank statements and letters’. 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

• Litigation funders criticise government's plan to amend Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill to deal with PACCAR judgment | Law Gazette https://t.co/BqDtYJnLS0
• Peers and MPs pledge to block Sunak’s Rwanda plan as Braverman labels it ‘magical thinking’ https://t.co/2QXdKaka7y
• Junior lawyers want employers to let them refuse work for ethical reasons - report | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2s4kbdp8
• Sixty women at MoD complain of widespread ‘toxic’ and ‘hostile’ behaviour https://tinyurl.com/458xf5uc
  
• Eighteen law firms win High Court fight against rival firm over group litigation order | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/spnu82nr
• New initiative leads to early resolution of 130 cases at Glasgow Sheriff Court in three days | Scottish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/3sr9ky6e
• Eight former and current Met Police officers are being investigated for gross misconduct regarding failings in the case of serial killer Stephen Port. Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor were all murdered between 2014 & 2015 https://tinyurl.com/3jzedr2b