Wednesday

14th March - Law News

2271st 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: Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian émigré who the UK refused to extradite to Russia on fraud charges died in his home in London, his Russian lawyer Andrei Borovkov told the Echo Moscow radio station.



Focus of the Day story: The government’s insistence on pressing ahead with a ban on cold-calling by claims management companies (CMCs) that many argue does not go far enough will be put to the test today. MPs will consider the changes made during the committee stage of the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill and various further amendments put forward by the Labour opposition. Full story - Legal Futures


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Tuesday

13th March - Law News

2270th 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: A week on the streets - abuse against a rough sleeper was caught on camera as we spent a week with the homeless in Windsor.



Focus of the Day story: Is it still worth trying to come to America as an asylum seeker? I'm not sure. Full story - Guardian Law


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Monday

12th March - Law News

2269th 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: CPAC – the annual conference for conservative activists, which is sponsored by the NRA – occurred less than two weeks after the Parkland school shooting.  The Guardian spoke with attendees including Sebastian Gorka, Katie Hopkins and Mark Burns about gun ownership, Parkland conspiracy theories and policy reform in the wake of the massacre

Focus of the Day story: Unconscious bias, the unacceptable work-life balance demanded to reach senior levels, resistance to flexible working and traditional male-oriented routes to promotion are the biggest barriers to career progression. Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

11th March - Law News

2268th 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: A nerve agent was used to try to murder former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, police have said. BBC Rewind looks back at cases of high profile Russians targeted on foreign soil.


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Saturday

10th March - Law News

2267th 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: Disguised Israeli forces have stormed Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank and seized the head of the university’s student council. Two students were reportedly injured by gunfire during the raid.


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Friday

9th March - Law News

2266th 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: Rajesh and Nupur Talwar have been wrongly cleared of charges that they murdered their teen daughter Aarushi and domestic help, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told the Supreme Court.


Focus of the Day story: Is our penal system failing women? Most women behind bars pose no threat to the population and are often vulnerable with issues best dealt with outside a prison environment. Full story - The Global Legal Post

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