The Weekly Update - 11th February 2022
Here is a round-up of some of the top legal stories from the past week:
As covered in the newsletter, Cressida Dick will step down as head of the Metropolitan Police. Link.
The online safety bill will be modified to include a number of additional criminal offences including revenge porn, promoting suicide and people smuggling. Link.
The Australian billionaire, Andrew Forrest, has commenced criminal proceedings against Facebook because of scam adverts on the site that used his image. Link.
Prince Andrew is due to give a deposition on 10th March in relation to a civil sexual assault claim made against him. Link.
A small cabinet reshuffle saw moves for Jacob Rees-Mogg, amongst others. Link.
Questions were asked about whether HMRC is too soft on tax fraud. Link.
A merge is planned between two law firms in the UK and Ireland. Link.
Former Supreme Court Justice, Lord Carnwath, criticised proposals for human rights reform. Link.
Keir Starmer was subjected to abuse by a mob outside of Parliament. Link.
The WAGatha Christie case descended into farce as it was argued that a key piece of evidence was literally lost at sea.