25th July - Law News

Edition 4228: 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 valedictory was held for The Right Hon Lord Kitchin as a Supreme Court Justice on 25 July 2023, ahead of his retirement in September 2023. Lord Kitchin was appointed to the Supreme Court in October 2018 and during this time has made an enormous contribution to the Court's work through his judgments. The ceremony included remarks by President of The Supreme Court, The Right Hon Lord Reed of Allermuir, Lord Reed. Further remarks were made by Iain Purvis KC and Daniel Alexander KC Lord Kitchin also spoke, reflecting on his judicial career and time at the Supreme Court and thanking his family and his colleagues for their support throughout his career.

  Focus of the Day Legal News: Post Office scandal demands a reset of our justice system. 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

• Lawyer in the news: Zareenah Rasool, Baker McKenzie - Profile | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/tCIZ4
• Former Boris Johnson aide joins Lords as youngest ever life peer - Charlotte Owen, 30, has faced criticism over lack of experience after being nominated by former PM https://shorturl.at/flU17
• MoJ increasing new fixed costs to reflect high rate of inflation - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/2zk7mz7s
• Legal aid JR to be heard in run-up to Christmas | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/58hn8dkk
  
• "Debt help" social media posts are aggressively targeting people in financial trouble. The posts claim to help end money worries but charities warn some companies are misleading people who are struggling https://shorturl.at/gwFS8
• Privilege used to 'cloak wrongdoing', Dechert trial hears | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/jkuE3
• Getting your priorities right: how SME law firms can achieve long-term success - Legal Futures https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/getting-your-priorities-right-how-sme-law-firms-can-achieve-long-term-success
  

24th July - Law News

Edition 4227: 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: Twitter owner Elon Musk has said he wants to get rid of the Twitter bird logo, and replace it with an "X". However, Mr Musk also has a history of making statements that fail to happen or are not serious. Mr Musk, who has changed the name of the business to X Corp, said the replacement "should have been done a long time ago". The move follows a Tweet on Sunday by Musk saying: "And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds."

  Focus of the Day Legal News: The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) has joined a coalition of 290 lawyers, justice, immigration, housing, legal advice and rights groups to collectively condemn the passing of the Illegal Migration Act 2023. Full story - New Law Journal  

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

• #Israel judicial reform: Netanyahu in hospital ahead of key vote - The vote - expected to take place on Monday - will amount to a showdown between the hard-line religious-nationalist coalition and swathes of Israeli society https://tinyurl.com/3vvhky59
  
• Bar Council responds to latest judicial diversity data | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://tinyurl.com/2p97rn8p
• England: Autistic judicial candidate fails in employment claim | Irish Legal News https://shorturl.at/glnvy
• Court of Appeal upholds challenge to Rwanda removals policy – an extended look - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/B1xdy1ScDk
  
• Trends in professional indemnity insurance 2023 - main findings | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3n55anmf
• Don't use dating apps to cheat on your partners, lawyers warned - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZuHszuSoR4
• Will a new failure to prevent fraud offence address the UK’s most commonly committed criminal offence? | BARRISTER MAGAZINE https://t.co/xon44vsRNg
  
• Trainee solicitor competes in Miss Universe GB comp - Legal Cheek https://t.co/55xSRtsfxc