15th December - Law News

Edition 4371: 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 Tasmanian government has released its draft legislation to ban conversion practices — treatment that attempts to change a person's sexual orientation based on the belief that orientations other than heterosexual are mental disorders. LGBTQIA+ advocates say the legislation contains too many loopholes, and will not prevent the conversion practices from occurring.

Focus of the Day Legal News: UK legal services sector sees revenue climb in 2022 but pace of growth halves. Growth slows to 5.6% from 12.5% in 2021, according to TheCityUK’s annual UK legal services report. 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

• Claimant firms Pogust Goodhead and Leigh Day welcome ruling setting aggressive court timetable for group litigation | Law Gazette https://t.co/NNPNIAfCXW
  
• Miscarriage of justice watchdog reviews murder conviction of ex-MI6 informant https://t.co/veQew3FNR9
  
• Bar Standards Board defers bar course at University of Hertfordshire | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/3fnfpzcj
  
• Eight in 10 convicted in UK over child abuse images avoid prison, NCA says. National Crime Agency calls for tougher sentencing and a new offence of running abuse websites http://tinyurl.com/26nee4d9
  
• A call has been made for hundreds of Post Office staff wrongly accused of theft and false accounting to all have their convictions overturned. More than 700 Post Office managers were convicted when faulty accounting software made them look culpable http://tinyurl.com/2m5vrkpn
  
• Women make up 37% of law firm partners, latest SRA biennial collection of diversity data shows | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/3wc9embz
  
• Two men and a woman have been found guilty of the murder of a schoolgirl in West Dunbartonshire more than 27 years ago. The body of Caroline Glachan, 14, was discovered on the banks of the River Leven in Renton on 25 August 1996 http://tinyurl.com/cwjcvjpa
  

14th December - Law News

Edition 4370: 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 scandal involving the co-founder of the conservative group Moms for Liberty, Bridget Ziegler, who was asked to resign from her position on the Sarasota County School Board in Florida, US

Focus of the Day Legal News:  Campaigners lobbying against what they call a ‘predatory claims culture’ have called for tighter regulation of the term ‘no win, no fee’ in advertisements. A report by a group called Fair Civil Justice (FCJ) said that consumers are increasingly exposed to ‘widespread and targeted’ advertisements from claimant firms. Such advertisements, it is suggested, consistently understate and fail to highlight the risks of litigation, while overstating the potential benefits. Full story - The Law Society Gazette 

 

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

• SRA admits it has “a long way to go” on diversity - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/gikJL
• Europe has made a great leap forward in regulating AI. Now the rest of the world must step up https://shorturl.at/mnGS6
• Post Office investigator dismissed victims as ‘crooks’, Horizon scandal inquiry hears | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/mADU1
• Law firm launches legal recruitment business for in-house teams - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/aqwyP
• Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal halves Solicitors Regulation Authority's costs in solicitor's withdrawn application to terminate suspension | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/fgyTZ
• Badenoch condemns London plague study after MP calls it ‘woke archaeology’. Equalities minister has written to Museum of London over a study that examined plague victims’ ethnicities http://tinyurl.com/bbuam56s
• Ministry of Justice to relocate 50 roles to Wrexham under government's Places for Growth programme | Law Gazette http://tinyurl.com/3bn8vjcr