Europe
Women make up 37% of law firm partners in the UK
The figure, from the UK Solicitors Regulation Authority’s biennial collection of diversity data, is two percentage points up on the previous count in 2021
Law Society Gazette
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General
We remain resolute in rendering corruption costly and unattractive - OSP
"Our vision is clear - to render corruption costly and unattractive, and we remain resolute in fulfilling this mandate,"
DL News
Europe
UK court to consider whether universities owe students legal duty of care
The landmark hearing next month comes at a time of widespread concern about declining student mental health and a number of widely reported suicides
The Guardian
Europe
UK Supreme Court rejects Rishi Sunak’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
Judges uphold appeal court ruling over risk to deported refugees and deals blow to PM’s ‘stop the boats’ strategy
The Guardian
Europe
UK officials use AI to decide on issues from benefits to marriage licences
Civil servants and a handful of police forces are using AI in a range of areas, but especially when it comes to helping them make decisions over welfare, immigration and criminal justice
The Guardian
Crime
Miner, brother-in-law in trouble for stealing gold
Emmanuel Mensah, charged with conspiracy and stealing pleaded guilty. Mensah’s accomplice, Adu Quaye, is however at large.
GNA
Africa
Nigeria replaces 35-year old arbitration legislation
The new act refreshes the Nigerian arbitration framework and brings it into line with modern arbitral standards
Africa Law& Business
Africa
Uganda: Magistrate remanded for allegedly sitting exams for girlfriend
According to prosecutors, Ssemongerere entered the law center using a fake Identity card and documents bearing an alias, Antony Mukisa, allegedly signed by the Academic Registrar.
DL News
Europe
Putin signs law banning gender changes in Russia
Legislation outlaws medical interventions ‘aimed at changing the sex of a person’ and altering gender details in public records
The Guardian
Europe
UK passes bill to return illegal migrants to their home country, third country
The UK government's Department for Immigration & Passports, Drugs Policy, Crime, Fire, Counter-terrorism & Police has announced the passage of the illegal Migration Bill, which aims to ensure that individuals entering the UK illegally will...
All Africa
Others
Swiss watchmaker sues Malaysian government for seizing rainbow Pride watches
The Malaysian government confiscated 172 watches in rainbow colours saying they promoted LGBTQ rights - now Swatch is suing them saying the watches didn't break the law.
Sky News
Europe
UK lawyer jailed for embezzling £120,000 from pensioner with dementia
The 69-year-old stole the money from his victim after being made her power of attorney in 2014. Sinclair attempted to cover up his crimes by falsely insisting the woman had given him permission to transfer money to himself from her accounts...
Sky News
Europe
UK law firm owners suspended for accounts breaches dating back to 1980s
A Solicitors Regulation Authority launched an investigation in August 2021, which found the firm was holding £121,270 in client funds that had been dormant for more than 12 months – in one matter, the last transaction dated back to 1984.
Legal Futures
Tech
US’s top competition watchdog opens investigation into ChatGPT maker
The move against San Francisco-based OpenAI marks the strongest regulatory threat yet to a company that sparked the frenzy in generative artificial intelligence
The Guardian
Africa
Uganda to impose tax on Facebook, Twitter and Netflix
The Parliament of Uganda has passed a proposed new law that imposes a 5 percent tax on the income earned in the country by foreign digital companies such as Facebook and Twitter.
The EastAfrican
Courts
High Court to rule on Quayson's motion for Stay of Proceedings July 11
The motion for a Stay of Proceedings comes on the back of an application filed by Mr. Quayson's side at the Court of Appeal, seeking a reversal of the 23rd June ruling of the High Court
DL News
Tech
Authors file copyright infringement against OpenAI, claiming books used as training material for ChatGPT
It alleged that large portions of the copyrighted material was allegedly used to train ChatGPT to enable it to “emit convincingly naturalistic text outputs in response to user prompts,” according to the complaint.
LAW.COM
Courts
James Quayson's motion for Stay of Proceedings adjourned to July 4
The motion for a Stay of Proceedings comes on the back of an application filed by Mr. Quayson's side at the Court of Appeal, seeking a reversal of the 23rd June ruling of the High Court.
DL News
General
The importance of hiring lawyers to review contracts: protecting your interests
The language and intricacy of contracts, though, can be intimidating, and if you don’t fully comprehend them, you run the danger of unwittingly exposing yourself to serious hazards.
Lawyer Monthly
Europe
British woman jailed for taking abortion pills after legal limit during lockdown
The 44-year-old mother of three obtained pills from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) during lockdown, under laws introduced in the COVID pandemic.
Sky News