26th May - Law News

Edition 4168: 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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 Focus of the Day Law News/Article:  England & Wales law society unveils seasoned regulator as new board chair. Amerdeep Somal's portfolio of roles include financial services Complaints Commissioner and immigration judge. Full story - The Global Legal Post

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Michael Fanone, a former DC Metropolitan Police officer who was attacked by rioters on January 6th, reacts to the 18-year prison sentence handed down to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes

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

• Suspension for bankrupt solicitor who continued to practise as locum - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/gpuG3
  
• Trainee solicitor awarded four weeks' pay after firm changed contract terms | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/JUY24
  
• Conveyancers “refusing to handle high-rise transactions” - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/eDEGT
  
• A man has been arrested after a car crashed into the Downing Street gates. The Met Police said he was held on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, but the incident is not being treated as terror related https://shorturl.at/uvY09
• Environment for link-ups between lawyers and NHS "very favourable" - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/klwP9
  
• Battle of the brands continues as Lidl seeks disclosure | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/cFRU4
  
• Government delays scrapping limitation period for child abuse cases | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/gijIZ
  
• Metropolitan Police: VIP abuse inquiry officer faces gross misconduct investigation https://shorturl.at/fzJSZ
  
• 'Skeleton in the cupboard' senior partner agrees strike-off | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/ktuAL
• Police have confirmed for the first time that officers were following two boys whose deaths just minutes later sparked a riot in Cardiff https://shorturl.at/coxAK
  

25th May - Law News

Edition 4167: 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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 Focus of the Day Law News/Article:  A representative claim on behalf of 1.6 million people whose medical records were drawn upon to help Google subsidiary DeepMind develop an app has been thrown out by the High Court because of the claimants' differing circumstances. Ruling in Prismall v Google UK & Anor, Mrs Justice Heather Williams DBE found that the claim failed the 'same interest' requirement set out in the civil procedure rules. Full story - Law Society Gazette

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: An elderly great-grandmother tasered by police during an incident at a Cooma nursing home last week has died. NSW Police confirmed Clare Nowland, 95, died "peacefully" in hospital just after 7pm on Wednesday, surrounded by family and loved ones.

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

• Donald Trump hush-money trial date set for March 2024 https://shorturl.at/fhsG2
  
• Law Commission calls for tighter rules on use of personal records in rape trials https://tinyurl.com/yc34fust
  
• Conveyancers “refusing to handle high-rise transactions” - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/eDEGT
  
• E Jean Carroll files for new damages after Trump’s CNN town hall remarks #US https://shorturl.at/gDU27
• Court papers show how killer parents won back their baby https://shorturl.at/jnoO2
  
• TikToker admits stalking footballers Mason Mount and Billy Gilmour - Orla Melissa Sloan, 21, bombarded Chelsea's Mason Mount, 24, with messages in a four-month stalking campaign after their relationship ended https://shorturl.at/cekzB
  
• Strike-off for solicitor who deleted SRA emails to co-owner wife - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/bkpuC
  
• A doctor with a key role in reforming a controversial gender identity clinic for children has been recorded questioning the need for change https://shorturl.at/ampzA
  
• Most foreign students on non-research courses to lose right to bring family to UK https://shorturl.at/envyE
• Rishi Sunak decides not to order inquiry into Suella Braverman speeding row - The home secretary was caught speeding last year https://shorturl.at/nrEIW