Friday

21st July - Law News

2034th 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 story: Very few countries where assisted suicide is legal will grant it to people with mental illnesses. Adam Maier-Clayton had a mental condition which caused his body to feel severe physical pain. He fought for those with mental illness to have the right to die in Canada. Adam took his own life in April 2017.


Focus of the day story: Disclosure problems have blighted the criminal justice system for too long, the QC investigating the collapse of a trial following the 1988 murder of Lynette White has said in a long-awaited report. Barrister Richard Horwell QC's investigation into the 2011 trial R v Mouncher and others was set up in 2015 following consultation between the home secretary and attorney general. Horwell, of 3 Raymond Buildings in London, investigated the collapse of the trial of eight police officers charged with perverting the course of justice for their role in the arrest and prosecution of five men for White's murder in Cardiff. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


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Thursday

20th July - Law News

2033rd 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 story: Survivors of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack are urging British Prime Minister Theresa May to publish a report on Saudi Arabia’s alleged funding of extremists in the UK.

Focus of the day story: The student entrepreneur who developed a ground-breaking free chatbot ‘robot lawyer’ to help people challenge parking tickets is working on an ambitious plan to automate the divorce process with the assistance of a team of salaried paralegals, it has emerged. Full story - Legal Futures


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Wednesday

19th July - Law News

2032nd 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 story: Protest calls grow as Israel tightens grip on al-Aqsa. The Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for a Day of Rage to protest against new security measures introduced by Israel at a Jerusalem site which is holy to both Muslims and Jews. The call follows the implementation of metal detectors and turnstiles at the entrance of al-Aqsa compound after a deadly shootout between Israeli troops and Palestinians there on Friday.


Focus of the day story:   NHS clinical negligence claims down but legal costs rise to £624m. Obstetric claims accounted for 50 per cent of new claims’ total value. Full story - Solicitors Journal

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Tuesday

18th July - Law News

2031st 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 story: There's growing excitement in the City at the prospect of the biggest stock market flotation in history coming to London. But admitting Aramco to the FTSE-100 on these terms would require a rule change that not everyone welcomes. Ashley Hamilton Claxton is corporate governance manager at Royal London Asset Management.




Focus of the day story:  How can men be properly human if they’re left to rot? In learning how to create a children’s story, inmates not only connect with their offspring but themselves. Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

17th July - Law News

2030th 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 story: With smoking in decline in much of the developed world, tobacco companies are putting their hopes in new markets where populations are growing quickly and regulations can still be contested in the courts.



Focus of the day story: Courts could be given powers to recognise wills in cases where the legal requirements haven’t been followed but the deceased’s intentions are clear, under sweeping reforms proposed by the Law Commission. Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

16th July - Law News

2029th 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 story:  A family suffering. A family torn apart. A family grieving. This is the story of a girl that who had dreams to be a star. They called her Pakistan's "Kim Kardashian". She divided opinion in socially conservative Pakistan, and had expressed fears for her life as a result. One year from the anniversary of Qandeel Baloch's murder, BBC Stories brings you the story of her murder. What's happened to her brother? How has the case developed?


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Saturday

15th July - Law News

2028th 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 story:  The June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort included more people beyond the Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, a source familiar with the circumstances tells.


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