Friday

13th July - Law News

2390th 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: Fact-checking President Trump's claims that the US supports NATO and his accusations that Germany is a "captive" of Russia.


Focus of the Day Story: The legal profession dominates the United Kingdom’s social mobility employer index, believed to be the only index globally.  The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) tops the legal sector, ranking third in the overall Top 50 Social Mobility Employer Index. However, the legal profession did not manage to take the overall top spot on the list, with Big Four accountancy firm KPMG the winner,  adding a little bite to the growing competition between accountancy and law firms. Full story - The Global Legal Post


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Thursday

12th July - Law News

2389th 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: Network Rail, Britain's largest landlord of small businesses, is selling off its £1.4bn property portfolio, including every railway arch in the country. Thousands of firms based in the arches face an uncertain future as investment funds gather to snap up the bargain 999-year lease

Focus of the Day Story: Law firms should be required to have sexual harassment and alcohol consumption policies, MPs have been told by a former magic circle employee, who says they were sexually assaulted by a partner at their firm. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


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Wednesday

11th July - Law News

2388th 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: More than 130 politicians were murdered in the run-up to Mexico's elections, and this year already looks like it will be the deadliest on record. Drugs cartels and gangs are killing anybody who stands up to them.


Focus of the Day Story: New rules implementing an EU directive that could affect the way personal injury solicitors, conveyancers and others advise clients on insurance policies have been approved by the Legal Services Board and Financial Conduct Authority. Full story - Legal Futures


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Tuesday

10th July - Law News

2387th 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: Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has lost his appeal against extradition from New Zealand to the US. New Zealand’s Court of Appeal ruled the Megaupload founder could be extradited to face racketeering and criminal copyright charges.


Focus of the Day Story: The law, whether in the US or UK, can’t change society if we resist, old-fashioned social activism can undermine the US supreme court’s unduly prominent role. Full story - Guardian Law


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Monday

9th July - Law News

2386th 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 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has issued an interim report, on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Syrian city of Douma in April. It says various chlorinated substances were found in samples from two sites in Douma. Yet, the report also states no nerve agents or their degradation products were detected. The OPCW has not yet reached a final conclusion about the allegations, and its work is still ongoing


Focus of the Day Story: Lawyers give a mixed reaction to a £300m court for fraud, cybercrime and economic crime cases that is to be built in London. Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

8th July - Law News

2385th 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: Israel's Supreme Court has issued a temporary injunction to block the demolition of a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank. The Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar has lived there since before Israel's occupation of the area more than 50 years ago. The Israeli government says the villagers can move their homes to another area, near a landfill.


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