Sunday

30th September - Law News

2470th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: The United States is calling on Myanmar to investigate human rights abuses against Muslim-majority Rohingya, and hold its military accountable. It comes on the same day that human rights groups are urging for the release of two jailed journalists there who helped expose the abuses.



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Saturday

29th September - Law News

2469th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Another landmark judgement by the Indian Supreme Court today ended a ban on the entry of women at Sabarimala Temple. Women between the ages of 10 and 50 were not allowed inside the temple because they menstruate. The reactions to the judgement are mixed, leading us to ask: Can reason and faith co-exist?



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Friday

28th September - Law News

2468th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: An emotional and, at times defiant, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he is innocent of the sexual assault allegations made against him by Christine Blasey Ford. There are now four women who have allegations against him.


Focus of the Day Article:
Litigation finance: Could law firms remodel to take on hedge funds? Hedge funds are making sizeable returns from the proceeds of litigation. But could law firms play them at their own game?
Full story - The Global Legal Post

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Thursday

27th September - Law News

2467th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: One of the suspects in the poison attack on the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter has been revealed as a highly-decorated, senior officer in Russia's military intelligence unit, called Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga, according to the online investigation site Bellingcat. Their report claims that Chepiga was the man who travelled to Salisbury under the name 'Ruslan Boshirov'.


Focus of the Day Article:
PPI has 'turned portions of UK into fraudsters', more than a decade of claims relating to mis-sold PPI insurance has brought about a culture of fraud in the UK, a banking chief has said.
Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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Wednesday

26th September - Law News

2466th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Electricity and drinking water are in short supply in the Iraqi city of Basra. More than 20 protesters were killed earlier this month when anti-government demonstrations turned violent. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said last week that practical measures were underway to address the problem of potable water and the lack of services in Basra province.


Focus of the Day Article:
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has received unprecedented lobbying against the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) plans to allow solicitors to practise from unregulated businesses.
It comes as research shows widespread ignorance among solicitors in small firms about the change.
The LSB is currently considering the SRA’s proposed new Handbook, the most controversial element of which is freeing up solicitors to deliver unregulated legal services to clients from unregulated businesses.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

25th September - Law News

2465th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Sunita Mansigani, Compliance Officer for Danske Bank gives an insight into working in compliance


Focus of the Day Article:
Less than a third of young men prosecuted for rape are convicted. Figures show men aged 18-24 less likely to be found guilty of rape than older men in England and Wales.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

24th September - Law News

2464th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Iran has lashed out at three European countries, for their policies on separatist groups in Iran, in the wake of a terrorist atrocity. That's after 4 gunmen killed at least 28 people at a parade in the southwest city of Ahvaz on Saturday.


Focus of the Day Article:
The historic legal right to lawyer-client confidentiality could be put in jeopardy if proposed anti-terror laws go ahead, solicitors have warned. The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill, has already passed through the House of Commons and is due to have its second reading in the House of Lords in October. It gives border guards powers to stop and detain travellers for questioning without suspicion they have committed an offence.
Full story - New Law Journal

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