28th November - Law News

Edition 4354: 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:  Challenges to the rule of law: a Ukrainian Judge’s perspective The Bar Council International Rule of Law Lecture 2023 - given by Professor Tetyana Antsupova, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine - explored the delicate task of balancing judicial reform with independence, affirming the judiciary's role as a stabilising force, even in the face of external aggression. In an era of profound societal transformation and geopolitical turmoil, the Ukrainian judiciary has stood at the crossroads of numerous challenges to the rule of law. Amid corruption, political pressures, and ongoing conflict, Professor Tetyana Antsupova - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine - discussed the uphill battle for transparency, fair trials, and maintaining public trust.

Focus of the Day Legal News: 
UK school pupils ‘using AI to create indecent imagery of other children’. Protection groups call for urgent action to help pupils understand risks of making images that legally constitute child sexual abuse. 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

• SDT was wrong to slash SRA's prosecution costs, High Court rules - Legal Futures https://t.co/hsEbo1Ub7e
• Erosion of state immunity in spotlight as £37m salvage claim over the sinking of SS Tilawa reaches Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/K062MChzes
• Meta designed platforms to get children addicted, court documents allege https://t.co/KJCzXiIUW6
• Legal Services Board eyes 14% increase in budget - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/5ddwef2c
  
• National firm fined over £100,000 by Solicitors Regulation Authority over money laundering regulations | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/ktees8vz
• Tesla sues Sweden’s transport agency in escalation of strike row - #US carmaker claims ‘discriminatory attack’ after industrial action stops new cars receiving Swedish plates https://tinyurl.com/bdht5ypt
  
• Weaponising international arbitration - UN report published last month contained some hard words about lawyer arbitrators | Law Gazette https://t.co/jP6PfGgBKP

27th November - Law News

Edition 4353: 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:  Indonesian President Joko Widodo has suspended the head of Indonesia's anti-corruption agency, Firli Bahuri, after he was implicated in an extortion case. More than 90 witnesses have been interviewed in connection with the case since it was opened in October. Mr Bahuri has not been detained and denies the allegations. ABC's Jakarta bureau chief Bill Birtles says it is an embarrassing scandal near the end of Mr Widodo's time in power.

Focus of the Day Legal News: 
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. 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

• The North Eastern Circuit Leader on his trailblazing career, turbulent early years of practice and his mission to equip all barristers, regardless of their characteristics, with the opportunity to thrive | COUNSEL https://shorturl.at/tBEF7
• London Solicitors Litigation Association survey finds 88% support for regulating litigation funding sector | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/bsxTW
• MPs launch inquiry into lengthening probate delays - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/tw2zxud8
• Conveyancing assistant barred from solicitors profession by the SRA for receiving secret commissions | Law Gazette https://t.co/TDJ9p5BHUE
  
• The changing face of judicial retirement | COUNSEL The changing face of judicial retirement | COUNSEL https://tinyurl.com/6vpw2uzy
• Metro Bank shareholders are to vote later on whether to back a rescue deal aimed at securing the bank's future. A deal to raise extra funds from investors and refinance debt was struck last month after speculation about Metro's financial position https://t.co/9HuMDueF3I
• The families of 3 Palestinian students shot in Vermont on Saturday have urged police to investigate the attack as a hate crime. Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ahmed and Kinnan Abdalhamid were confronted and shot by a man near University of Vermont Campus #US https://tinyurl.com/y2he5nwz