17th July - Law News

Edition 5316: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights and Social Justice related issues since 2011.

Today's Highlighted Video: Uriah Woods (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago) Case ID: JCPC/2025/0022

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/X feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• The number of newly qualified solicitors in Ireland rose by 54 per cent last year, while the number of new barristers increased by 10 per cent, according to a new report from the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) | Irish Legal News
• US: Publishers sue Google for copyright breach in latest battle with AI | Scottish Legal News
• Solicitor posed as police officer to get CCTV footage from Nando's - Legal Futures
• British girl, 15, stranded in Rome for six weeks due to new passport rules. The dual national, who missed six weeks of school, is latest of several children affected by recent Home Office policy
• MI5 gave evidence based on "lies" to three courts while defending a violent neo-Nazi spy whose abuse was uncovered by the BBC, a damning official report has found
• ‘Information is becoming commoditised; judgement isn’t’: dealmakers debate impact of AI on cross-border M&A - The Global Legal Post

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