27th August - Law News

Edition 4261: 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: It has been six years since the military crackdown in Myanmar killed thousands of Rohingya and forced nearly a million to flee. Most of them now live in a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh, where surging violence by armed groups and criminal gangs is making them feel increasingly insecure. They are demanding justice and asking to be repatriated with full civil rights.

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

• Death by driving guideline finalised | Scottish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/294tn7xj
• Researchers looking for South Asian women who were fed radioactive chapatis in the 1960s as part of a study looking at iron absorption, Taiwo Owatemi MP said she was "deeply concerned" about the study in Coventry funded by the Medical Research Council https://t.co/2KW7ADwbte
  
• Lizzo settled dancers’ pay dispute months before sexual harassment claim #US https://tinyurl.com/yhue5d9x
  
• Number of pending asylum decisions reaches record high | Scottish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/36my5rfr
  
• Opening the Indian legal market – in Just a Minute | COUNSEL https://tinyurl.com/yc6re6kd
• Was Lucy Letby an unlikely serial killer? To most people, yes – but not psychologists https://tinyurl.com/yc2m9rmr
• Case review chief was in Montenegro during Andrew Malkinson revelations - Helen Pitcher leads the commission that twice failed to refer Malkinson back to the court of appeal https://tinyurl.com/3997syb4
  

26th August - Law News

Edition 4260: 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: A spate of Quran burnings in Denmark and Sweden has prompted the Danish government to propose a law banning public desecration of religious books. Denmark has been struggling to prevent the burnings, which are protected under current freedom of expression laws. The Danish government says it must act to stop the desecrations as they have increased the threat of terror attacks against Danish institutions and citizens.

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

• Injury lawyers fight fixed costs reforms through the courts | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/55ph3fv7
• Why we created the National Law Student Triathlon - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/yu2kakfk
  
• Jenni Hermoso says she did not consent to be kissed by #Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales - as 81 players confirm they will not play for Spain's national team until he is removed from his post https://tinyurl.com/mrx2jhnk
  
• A woman filmed kicking and striking a pony during a hunt has been cleared of animal cruelty charges. The RSPCA brought a private prosecution after Sarah Moulds disciplined the animal in Lincolnshire in 2021 https://tinyurl.com/p9y8k96w
  
• Cardiff non-profit secures lottery cash for Court of Protection help | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3y5u6ssp
• The #US Department of Justice (DOJ) has said it is suing Elon Musk's SpaceX, alleging the rocket firm discriminates against refugees and asylum seekers in its hiring practices https://tinyurl.com/cznre78h
  
• Drunken driver Alexander McKellar who killed cyclist Tony Parsons then buried body is jailed https://tinyurl.com/ymxhdcuk