18th March - Law News

2638th 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:There's been a steep rise in knife crime in Britain. And according to official figures, last year 35% of all crime involving a knife or sharp instrument happened in London. It's now prompted a leading supermarket chain to stop the sale of single kitchen knives.

Focus of the Day Article:
Fewer than one in ten solicitors at small law firms have made contingency plans for Brexit, according to the latest Bellwether research paper. The paper, ‘The Luxury of Uncertainty: Inaction in the face of Brexit’, published this week by LexisNexis UK, highlights overwhelming inaction to prepare for the UK’s departure in two weeks’ time. A further 20% of the 176 solicitors at small firms and small offices of large firms surveyed intend to make contingency plans in the next year or two, once the UK has left. 

Full story: New Law Journal

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