26th November - Law News

Edition 4352: 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:  The Indian military has said it has flown in specialised equipment as part of the efforts to free 41 construction workers from a collapsed road tunnel in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. The men have been stuck inside the tunnel for two weeks after a section caved in. Drilling through the debris has been suspended after the main machine broke down. Experts are also working to drill from above to reach the workers. An official has warned that the operation could drag on for weeks.

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

• The law will have to radically adapt to the way new digital technologies are changing not only the use and exploitation of property but even its definition, writes Nick De Marco KC | COUNSEL https://tinyurl.com/34ptfjje
• ‘Wherever, whenever’ you travel – how do you know if you are a tax resident? | Scottish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/jkavzak
• Solicitors Regulation Authority 'was warned' SSB Group posed regulatory risk | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/ye28p4kt
• Varadkar condemns attack on rule of law that ‘brought shame on Ireland’ and promises new legislation | Irish Legal News https://tinyurl.com/use3kkp3
  
• MPs from the justice committee launch new inquiry into probate delays | Law Gazette   https://tinyurl.com/4y5dam3a 
• The Vice Chair-elect of the Bar talks to Michael V Sternberg KC about her election (and how she got there), why it is now time to raise the voice of the Family Bar, and her continued drive for equality, diversity and inclusion | COUNSEL Wales https://tinyurl.com/2bksuzzj
• Is an Artificial Neural Network ineligible for patent protection? - UK Human Rights Blog https://tinyurl.com/57bceftr
  

  
  

25th November - Law News

Edition 4351: 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:  Released Palestinians recount harsh conditions in Israeli prisons - "We’ve been tortured.” As dozens of Palestinian women and children return home from Israeli prisons as part of a Gaza truce deal between Israel and Hamas, many say they endured incredibly harsh conditions while detained.

 

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

• Law firm made 'serious error' over oppressive private prosecution, finds High Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/t9RmcY5BX6
• Three law firms received £750 fines last week for failing to comply with the SRA’s transparency rules. Breaches included failure to publish information explaining key stages and likely timescales for services | New Law Journal https://t.co/lbmADKKCyw
• Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in the murder of George Floyd, has been stabbed at an Arizona prison, #US media reports say https://tinyurl.com/yytmayvc
  
• Lawyers have welcomed a commitment to update the guideline hourly rates (GHR), review the costs provisions of the Solicitors Act 1974 and uprate the fixed recoverable costs cap | New Law Journal https://t.co/gslvzO84hs
  
• High Court sentences litigant in person to four months' imprisonment for contempt of court in family case | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/vtnm7xtv
• The High Court has handed down a landmark ruling on artificial intelligence (AI), which will allow key aspects of AI to be patented in the UK for the first time | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/5f3jv66c
• The Justice Committee has launched an inquiry into the Coroner Service to examine changes made since 2021, when the committee last looked at coronial capacity | New Law Journal https://tinyurl.com/mwtuayyh