Saturday

31st January - Law News

1132nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


Our Saturday Law Interview features Dr. Steven Vaughan, a former city solicitor and now a legal academic with expertise on the laws regarding the regulation of nanotechnology as well as the standard and quality of legal advice offered by corporate law firms: 'Regulating nanotechnology & the quality of corporate legal advice'.




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Friday

30th January - Law News

1131st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: Justice agencies are failing to treat victims who raise complaints over their treatment with empathy or patience, leaving victims feeling ignored, a new report has revealed. After consulting more than 200 victims on the complaints procedure, the Victims' Commissioner found that three-quarters of respondents said they were unhappy with the response received and half said the complaints process was difficult to use. The review also found that there was 'inadequate attention to the personal touch victims needed.' Full story - Solicitors Journal





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Thursday

29th January - Law News

1130th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Law Society has urged the Solicitors Regulation Authority not to give up regulating solicitor insolvency practitioners. Chancery Lane said giving practitioners the option of being regulated by another body could create additional costs and burdens for all involved. In its response to an SRA consultation on the issue, the Society said most solicitor IPs do not want to be regulated by an accountancy regulator. Full story - The Law Society Gazette




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Wednesday

28th January - Law News

1129th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: Fewer than half of managing partners at the top 200 law firms think that recent mergers in the market have been successes, new research has found – even though most expect major consolidation in the next two years. The research – which surveyed 102 of the top 200 firms – said that only 43% of those who had undergone a merger in the last five years considered the majority of law firm tie-ups had been a success; 21% said they had not, while the rest declined to answer. Full story - Legal Futures



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Tuesday

27th January - Law News

1128th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: Thinking of becoming a freelance lawyer? Five things to consider. Full story - The Lawyer



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Monday

26th January - Law News

1127th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


FOCUS OF THE DAY: A legal challenge over domestic violence evidence criteria has foundered at the High Court. A judicial review, R (oao Rights of Women) v Lord Chancellor [2015] EWHC 35 (Admin), was brought by the Public Law Project on behalf of Rights of Women (ROW) against April 2013 regulations setting out the evidence that domestic violence victims must show in order to prove eligibility for legal aid. Victims can be asked, for example, to produce a letter from a health professional detailing injuries consistent with domestic violence, an assessment of risk by a social worker, a letter of admission to a refuge or evidence of a court order. . Full story - New Law Journal





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