Friday

31st January - Law News

2957th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  A deeper look at the route of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter before it crashed to understand how such an accident could occur.


Focus of the Day article: Law firms excel in diversity rankings across the US, the UK and Australia. Pinsent Masons is top firm in UK LGBT index as 134 Am Law 200 firms score maximum points in US rankings. Full story - The Global Legal Post

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Thursday

30th January - Law News

2956th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  For months firefighters have worked hard in the face of danger to protect lives and property. Those efforts have inspired people from all walks of life to sign up, and now Fire and Rescue NSW is on a mission to increase the number of firefighters from diverse backgrounds.


Focus of the Day article: The Crown Prosecution Service is considering an application to restrict a prolific employment tribunal complainant after his latest failed attempt to bring proceedings over a legal trainee scheme. A judgment published this week has detailed how Zakir Khan has made a string of claims, including two against the CPS, after applying for jobs and being rejected without interview. All of the claims were made under the Equality Act and alleged he suffered discrimination as a result of his disabilities. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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Wednesday

29th January - Law News

2955th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  President Donald Trump proposed a Middle East plan that he claimed was a "realistic two-state solution" but caters to nearly every major Israeli demand and was immediately rejected by Palestinians.


Focus of the Day article: Nearly half (48%) of the top 150 law firms have reported data breaches since the GDPR came into force in May 2018. And, of those breaches, 41% were a result of emailing the wrong person. Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

28th January - Law News

2954th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Rianto, is a master of the Lengger Lanang, a traditional Indonesian dance performed by men dressed as women. But Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country, has seen rising intolerance in recent years towards the LBGT community. And there are fears it could affect this traditional art form.


Focus of the Day article: When judges don’t know the meaning of rape, there is little hope of justice. Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

27th January - Law News

2953rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  SQE Conference 2019: SQE training – different approaches:


Focus of the Day article: Proposals to cap the solicitors’ compensation fund to £500,000 for single claims have been put forward in a 12-week consultation. Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

26th January - Law News

2952nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Iraq’s largest political bloc - the Sadrists - have withdrawn their support for the anti-government protest movement. And that has left many there wondering whether a government crackdown will follow.


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Saturday

25th January - Law News

2951st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  "Our students, the younger generation, have shown us the way that Gandhi, Netaji, and all the founders of our constitution would have hailed for two reasons - one that they have shown tremendous confidence and two they have tried to be almost always successfully to remain completely non-violent, therefore constitutional. Many of the students and protesters may not have read the constitution but they capture its spirit, capture the soul of our constitution which guarantees several things like freedom of thought and expression, faith, belief and worship. It is important for us to know one thing that the preamble to the constitution is the soul of the constitution, it does not mention the Indian state, it only mentions the people", said Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Former Governor of West Bengal and Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi..


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Friday

24th January - Law News

2950th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Harnessing the power of its new Democratic majority, the Virginia legislature is poised to vote this week to become the 38th of the 38 states needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which would make women’s rights explicit in the Constitution. In the video Op-Ed above, the filmmaker Ken Burns compares this historic moment with the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote 100 years ago.


Focus of the Day article: Law firms are still not getting it,” said Curt McDaniel, chief legal officer at Ferring Pharmaceutical. “The global legal services industry has already changed, the disruption is already happening. Their Kodak moment is now, and either they will implode like Kodak, or be like Fuji Film and innovate and find a way forward. The hourly rates are too high, and too remote from the needs of business.” Full story - The Global Legal Post

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