17th April - Law News

Edition 4495: 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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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

• Jail for sex offender given access to child's data by law firm's error - Legal Futures https://t.co/T6R3BPTLQC
• Creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK. Offenders could face jail if image is widely shared under proposed amendment to criminal justice bill https://t.co/baXCWmDEnR
  
• Charity calls for Scotland to adopt coroners’ courts | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/fjooVNSZan
  
• $1.8m negligence claim against City law firm “must go to trial” - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/26ad5kx7
  
• Legal change to increase penalties for knife crime | Irish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/4ntz9anx
  
• Former trainee fails in bid to recoup SQE fees from law firm - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/yw7ymy5y
  
• Human Rights Podcast discusses children and armed conflict | Irish Legal News https://t.co/iZaqUK6oMC