20th March - Law News

Edition 4832: 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:  There's been widespread international condemnation of Israel's renewed bombing of Gaza, including from the United Nations. But not from the Trump administration. The US was the only country on the 15-member UN Security Council to back Israel's air strikes at a meeting on Tuesday. Emboldened by President Donald Trump's support, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says negotiations with Hamas will only continue 'under fire'. It comes as Itamar Ben-Gvir was reappointed as national security minister - a move likely to strengthen Netanyahu's coalition government. Where does this leave Hamas and the mediators? 

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/X feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Court allows City giant to progress ex-client's claim on assignment - Legal Futures
• Busy property solicitor fined £5,500 over failure to register client interest in pub purchase | Law Gazette
• Hungary has passed a law banning Pride marches held by the LGBTQ+ community, sparking outrage in and out of the country. Parliament voted for the measure just a day after the bill was submitted
• Emailing judgments without formal hand-down ‘unsatisfactory’, High Court rules | Law Gazette
• Probation Service problems in England and Wales leaving public at risk, watchdog finds. The chief inspector’s annual report said attempts by staff to keep others safe is ‘consistently insufficient’
• Former Labour minister Tulip Siddiq has accused the Bangladeshi authorities of mounting a "targeted and baseless" campaign against her
• Three-and-a-half-year wait for machete Crown court trial sets new record | Law Gazette