5th December - Law News

Edition 4361: 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: Accessibility at the court – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Focus of the Day Legal News:  Inventor James Dyson loses libel claim against Daily Mirror publisher. Sir James had alleged that article criticising his championing of Brexit and move to Singapore was ‘vicious and vitriolic’. 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

• Barrister who halved suspension on appeal refused costs against BSB - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/mv46wmx8
• Police make totally needless 630 arrests of climate protesters in London in one month. Liberty condemns ‘staggering and shocking’ statistic as anti-protest legislation is enacted https://tinyurl.com/39aj3ztt
  
• New guideline hourly rates for January 2024 published by the judiciary - see here for all the details | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2afuvbwz
• Brexit-backer Richard Desmond invokes EU law to sue Gambling Commission. Ex-Express owner is expected to claim regulator made errors during bidding war for national lottery contract https://tinyurl.com/46n7fkxz
  
• Police inspector fired for abusive tweets aimed at feminist barrister - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/3wytrnra
• Minister seeking advice from lawyers who helped defeat Rwanda scheme. Attorney general’s staff contact human rights lawyers at chambers associated with judicial reviews against Home Office https://tinyurl.com/bpzvwaap
• The UK government has narrowly lost a vote on a plan to set up a compensation scheme for the victims of the NHS infected blood scandal. MPs - including 22 Conservatives - voted to back an amendment to the Victims and Prisoners Bill https://tinyurl.com/s9ect5j9
  

4th December - Law News

Edition 4360: 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:  Skippers who navigate dangerously or under the influence of drugs and alcohol in Western Australia will face hefty fines and jail time, as new figures showed on-water incidents claimed 57 lives in the past seven years.

Focus of the Day Legal News:  Courts can order parties to engage in mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, the Court of Appeal has clarified. 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

• Court of Appeal gives judges green light to order parties into mediation - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IT4SsRyspt
• Four people, including two children, have been killed & three others injured following a stabbing in Queens, New York. Police called to the Far Rockaway neighbourhood in the early hours of Sunday found the victims in a home that had been set on fire #US https://t.co/x1grEqUS9s
  
• SQE2: Pass rate climbs slightly to 79% - Legal Cheek https://t.co/I7fkA7otSd
• A man has died and two others, including a British man, have been injured in a knife and hammer attack on a street in central Paris. The attack occurred near the Eiffel Tower shortly before 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Saturday #France https://tinyurl.com/45n474mu
  
• Axiom Ince: Regulator rules out immediate one-off levy on solicitors as claims hit £33 million  - Legal Cheek https://tinyurl.com/y5ua9zap
• A&O remains tight-lipped over hacker ransom - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yilkpVLOp2
• A #US prison inmate has been charged with attempted murder after stabbing Derek Chauvin, the ex-police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd https://t.co/ZJfcq5hizi