23rd December - Law News

Edition 4379: 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: After days of argument over the precise wording, the United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution on the conflict in Gaza calling for the “unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance” but stopping short of supporting an immediate ceasefire. The United States blocked demands for an unconditional ceasefire resolution, which was backed by most other nations. Instead the resolution calls for the creation of “the conditions for a cessation of hostilities”. In Gaza the Hamas-run health authority said more than 20,000 people have now been killed by Israeli forces.

 

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

• 2023 was the year governments looked at the climate crisis – and decided to persecute the activists https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/22/2023-governments-climate-crisis-persecute-activists-silenced
• Lawyers told ministers schools trans guidance was 'high risk' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67794387
  
• Banksy: Council calls in police to find Peckham art worth up to £500,000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67810679
• Israeli strikes on Gaza continue as UN calls for more aid https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67809242
• A request by Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan to visit their mother in the UK after she suffered a heart attack has been denied by a #Romanian court https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67805807
  
• The US Supreme Court has declined, for now, to decide whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election #US https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67808655
  
• American actor Charlie Sheen was assaulted by a woman at his Malibu home, police in Los Angeles have said. The attack occurred on Wednesday about 13:00 local time (21:00 GMT), authorities said #US https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67804344
  

22nd December - Law News

Edition 4378: 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: Dasha Navalnaya, the daughter of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, discusses the disappearance of her father from prison

Focus of the Day Legal News: One of the longest job tenures in public life will come to an end with the announcement that Professor Richard Susskind is to step down as technology adviser to the lord chief justice. The futurologist and author has provided advice to six successive chief justices since his appointment by Lord Bingham in 1998. 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

• Review of SRA's handling of collapsed law firm Axiom Ince to be completed and published by next spring | Law Gazette https://t.co/aG0KQACuBI
  
• Lawyers split over action on wills to address ‘predatory marriages’ - Legal Futures http://tinyurl.com/3b4btt6m
  
• Solicitors Regulation Authority imposes restrictions on legal secretary who used client ID to get charity funding | Law Gazette https://t.co/4f7hfkZwFd
• The anatomy of Zionist genocide: What are the motivations behind #Israel’s genocidal acts in Gaza, and what is the way forward? http://tinyurl.com/atmw4h9y
  
• Supreme Court judgment finds artificial intelligence is not and never was the inventor behind patent applications | Law Gazette https://t.co/XkvY0gD82Z
• #Australia opener Usman Khawaja has been charged by the International Cricket Council for wearing a black armband in support of civilians in Gaza during the first Test against Pakistan http://tinyurl.com/yhcjmkhr
  
• The wife of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist who was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, has been granted political asylum in the #US http://tinyurl.com/5d2wu96k