22nd July - Law News

Edition 4591: 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

• King's speech: Litigation funders left in limbo | Law Gazette
• Arbitration Bill back on UK legislative agenda, government confirms in King’s Speech: Legal practitioners welcome efforts to reform the Arbitration Act 1996, but rue missed opportunity to bring back Litigation Funding Bill - The Global Legal Post
• Slow recovery after CrowdStrike update sparks global IT outage. Head of the cybersecurity firm issues a public apology but cautions that a total recovery could take weeks
• ‘Oven-ready’ Arbitration Bill announced in King's speech introduced to parliament | Law Gazette
• #Palestinians urge world to end Israel’s illegal occupation after ICJ ruling. Activists say ICJ’s ruling will do little for Palestinians under occupation unless other states apply pressure to Israel to withdraw
• Law firms navigate Microsoft outage and emphasise need for tech resilience: Profession appears relatively unscathed as flawed software update causes global chaos - The Global Legal Post
• Solicitor apprentice: ‘Will taking a gap year after qualifying kill my career?’ - Legal Cheek