Wednesday

22nd August - Law News

2431st 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: This teenage girl has helped bring Minecraft to millions of severely disabled people. Becky Tyler has worked with Special Effect, a UK charity to develop a platform to allow almost anyone to control Microsoft’s block-building game with just their eyes.  Video games are played by billions of people across the world - but for those with severe physical disabilities using a normal console is often impossible. 

Focus of the Day:
The company charged with digitising the courts is to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) to assist lawyers in understanding complex evidence, its chief techologist has revealed. CaseLines, which is used to create digital bundles in the Crown Courts and civil and family courts, including the Supreme Court, will use the technology to create a ‘mind map’ – a visual way of presenting information said to mirror more closely the non-linear way the human brain handles data.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

21st August - Law News

2430th 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 US emergency number has been misused by white people feeling threatened by African Americans who are simply mowing a lawn or leaving an Airbnb. As 911 marks its 50th year in operation, are these nuisance calls a new trend?

Focus of the Day:
Why HMP Birmingham has been brought back under state control. Prison formerly run by G4S is third to have management removed after inspections.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

20th August - Law News

2429th 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: Border fences are generally used to keep people out. But Denmark is building a new border fence - not to keep people out, but to keep its animals in. The idea, though, has already been hijacked by some politicians

Focus of the Day:
The London launch of Women in the Law UK, taking place on Thursday 20 September 2018 in the Fenchurch Street offices of law firm BLM, will feature a panel of leading female practitioners and gender equality campaigners. Criminal Bar Association chair Angela Rafferty QC, Fawcett Society chief executive Sam Smethers, and the UK’s first non-white High Court Judge, Dame Linda Dobbs, are among the speakers scheduled to take part in the inaugural event, which is the first in a quarterly programme of meetings in London.
Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

19th August - Law News

2428th 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 former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has died. He served as the seventh UN secretary-general, from 1997 to 2006 and was the first to rise to the top of the United Nations from within the ranks of organization's staff. He received the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the United Nations.


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Saturday

18th August - Law News

2427th 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 nightmare for a pregnant woman, stuck on the rooftop of her house in flood-hit Kerala, ended when an Indian Navy's chopper reached to rescue her. The woman's water broke when she was rescued. A doctor was first lowered from the chopper to examine her condition before she was airlifted and taken to Sanjivani multi-speciality hospital in Alappuzha district.
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Friday

17th August - Law News

2426th 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 grand jury report says that internal documents from six Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania show that more than 300 "predator priests" have been credibly accused of sexually abusing more than 1,000 child victims.

Focus of the Day Story:
UK Judicial ombudsman asked to investigate 'barrister bias'. Barrister bias one of six cases brought to the UK judicial appointments commission that the judicial appointments & conduct ombudsman..
Full story - The Global Lgal Post
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Thursday

16th August - Law News

2425th 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: Charities say disaster has been averted for victims of domestic violence this week, after the government said those fleeing abusive partners would still be able to use housing benefit to pay for accommodation in women's refuges. Charities say disaster has been averted for victims of domestic violence this week, after the government said those fleeing abusive partners would still be able to use housing benefit to pay for accommodation in women's refuges.

Focus of the Day Story:
The Bar Council has criticised proposals to require future applicants for QC status to list all their significant cases, claiming it may put at a disadvantage women who have turned down work because of caring responsibilities. The council’s view opposes that of the Law Society which said the proposal would reduce the need for solicitor advocate applicants to approach judges for a favourable reference.
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Wednesday

15th August - Law News

2424th 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 1,000 counterprotesters gathered near the White House in Washington DC on Sunday to rally against a scheduled Unite the Right rally.  The demonstration was held on the first anniversary of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that turned violent and led to the death of Heather Heyer.

Focus of the Day Story:
A future where law firms are ‘distributed entities’ based on blockchain and smart contracts, and lawyers will add value by being “stronger” trusted advisers assisted by artificial intelligence, has been mapped out by futurologists. The centralised command structure of law firms – in common with other businesses – would be made redundant under this vision, and lawyers would be rewarded on a super-efficient ‘peer-to-peer’ basis, instead of being promoted to equity partnerships.
Full story - Legal Futures
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