25th July - Law News

Edition 4594: 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:  In India, two senior officials of a major oil company have been arrested over the 'mysterious death' and alleged 'secret burial' of an elephant in Assam's Numaligarh Refinery campus in Golaghat district. Two senior Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) officials were arrested by forest authorities today from NRL township

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

• Solicitor rebuked by SRA over conviction for assaulting neighbour | Law Gazette
• Stephen Lawrence murder suspect Matthew White admitted to being a paedophile - The lawyer representing Stephen’s mother says the latest findings about show again that the Metropolitan Police can’t be trusted to continue investigating the case
• Despicable Manchester police officer has been suspended after a video circulated online of a man being kicked and stamped on the head at Manchester Airport
• South Asian lawyers “experience discrimination in career progression” - Legal Futures
• Liberty and Home Office pause court battle over anti-protest legislation | Law Gazette
• Labour delays proposals to ban oppressive Slapps lawsuits. Labour justice minister in Lords says there is ‘need to protect access to justice’ for legitimate claims
• Law Society leaders take their lumps but survive no-confidence vote - Legal Futures