28th June - Law News

Edition 4201: 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: Windrush baby musician Hak Baker first picked up a guitar in prison, which was also a time when he was able to reflect on his life and his roots.  Now touring the country singing about race, class and the Windrush legacy, Baker reflects on the sacrifices made by previous generations including his mother and grandmother. 

Focus of the Day Legal News: Amendments to the Standards & Regulations (STaRs) will not stop law firms invoicing clients in advance and transferring the money into their office accounts, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said. Full story - Legal Futures

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

• Estate agents back higher conveyancing fees for quicker sales - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/akHNW
  
• Seven firms intervened in by SRA as parent network goes bust | Law Gazette https://t.co/zmG7zAuAkG
• Apple has criticised powers in the Online Safety Bill that could be used to force encrypted messaging tools like iMessage, WhatsApp and Signal to scan messages for child abuse material https://shorturl.at/ilBLM
  
• Court fines US lawyers who cited fake cases produced by ChatGPT - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/kVWZ6
  
• Stephen Lawrence: Anger at police failings after BBC names sixth suspect https://t.co/YTvX52Cdch
  
• A cleaner destroyed decades of "ground-breaking" work by shutting off a lab freezer containing key samples over an "annoying" alarm sound, #US lawyers have claimed https://shorturl.at/nGQY2
• SRA intervenes in two law firm groups made up of 12 firms - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/mu2fa5yn
• Cost to remove a migrant £63,000 more than keeping in UK https://t.co/gyRYsRdjc5
  

27th June - Law News

Edition 4200: 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: Doreen Lawrence has expressed fury after the Metropolitan Police announced a significant new suspect in her son Stephen's murder. Baroness Lawrence said the man accused of leading the group of attackers towards her teenage son, named as Matthew White by the BBC, avoided capture because of failings by police. Stephen Lawrence was 18 when he was murdered by a group of five or six racist attackers in south-east London, in 1993.

Focus of the Day Legal News: Protests planned across US to mark one year since loss of abortion rights. Overturning of federal abortion rights has led to complete abortion bans, lesser care for patients and upended training for doctors. Full story - Guardian Law

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

• A 19-year-old who murdered her newborn son hours after giving birth has been jailed for at least 12 years. A trial heard Paris Mayo, then 15, suffocated the boy, Stanley, by stuffing cotton wool into his mouth and throat https://t.co/hVDwSNJ0HE
  
• Former Magic Circle lawyer crowned ‘Law Teacher of the Year' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/RQl2LNHxxx
• Ten years of a crippled Voting Rights Act: how states make it harder to vote #aUS https://t.co/dQ1mgiJoQ1
  
• Anglia Ruskin Uni expands pro bono offering through law firm tie-up - Legal Cheek https://t.co/YXZlvpxnWN
  
• Chinese-made surveillance cameras are in British offices, high streets and even government buildings: How easy is it to hack them and what does it mean for our security? https://t.co/oG89feMDzR
  
• An eight-month-old baby has died four days after being hit by a car at a hospital. Mabli Cariad Hall was airlifted from Withybush Hospital in Pembrokeshire to Cardiff after being struck, along with another pedestrian, on Wednesday https://shorturl.at/xEJ15
• New guidance aims to restrict use of unregulated psychologists as expert witnesses in court https://shorturl.at/dyQ29
• Stephen Lawrence: BBC names new suspect in UK's most notorious racist murder https://t.co/rDifjlBcUW