Tuesday

14th May - Law News

2694th 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: Travelling by plane has never been more popular, with four billion passengers flying every year. But aviation emissions contribute to climate change, and scientists say we need to do more to tackle the problem. BBC research has found that only a tiny fraction of passengers travelling with the world's biggest airlines are choosing to offset their carbon footprints. Carbon offset schemes involve paying extra in order to contribute to environmental projects that reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, though some say it's just an excuse to continue polluting. But it's not the only way to reduce the impact of your flight on the planet.


Focus of the Day Article:
Private jails more violent than public ones, data analysis shows - figures for England and Wales raise questions over government’s prisons model.
Full story - Guardian Law


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Monday

13th May - Law News

2693rd 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 leaders of the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany Party have been turned away from a top Berlin restaurant. It said it would not serve politicians who show hostility towards ethnic and religious minorities.


Focus of the Day Article:
Fully-video court hearings for domestic abuse cases are being piloted at Manchester and Birmingham Civil Justice Centres. While video technology is used widely in courts, it usually links just one person into a physical courtroom. With fully video hearings, all parties appear by video. Vulnerable people can appear before the court using a video link from a computer in their solicitor’s office, saving them the distress of appearing in court at what is likely to be a traumatic time.
Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

12th May - Law News

2692nd 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 Sri Lankan court has given permission for DNA tests to be carried out on the remains of one of the suicide bombers involved in the Easter Sunday attacks, in order to confirm whether he was the suspected mastermind, Mohamed Zahran. Authorities will compare the DNA with that of Zahran's four-year-old daughter, who survived a raid on a safe house a week after the bombings.



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Saturday

11th May - Law News

2691st 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: Sunaina Rawat, a 14-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh’s Mohanlalganj, is not a voter but she is living every single election issue first-hand. Sunaina and her family embody the story of the scheduled caste voter in the state that will be most important in deciding who governs India next when results for the Lok Sabha elections are announced on May 23. Sunaina is a seventh-grader and when she grows up, she wants to be a doctor.



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Friday

10th May - Law News

2690th 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: Academic and gay rights activist Dennis Altman appeared on ABC's 'Monday Conference' in 1972 to discuss his newly released book, 'Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation.'


Focus of the Day Article:
The lord chancellor is fully behind the senior judiciary’s determination not to fill gaps on the bench by lowering standards of recruitment, the lord chief justice said today. Hinting at the ongoing debate over judicial salaries and pensions, Lord Burnett of Maldon said: 'On one thing there is agreement - the bar to appointment will not be lowered.'
Full story - The Law Sociey Gazette

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Thursday

9th May - Law News

2689th 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 sleepy rustbelt town of Steubenville, Ohio, was once best known for high school sports and as the birthplace of Dean Martin. But when a teen sexual assault committed by two members of the football team surfaced, the shadowy hacker group Anonymous caught wind of the story and decided to intervene. After publishing videos and social media from the night of the assault to their millions of online followers, they sparked viral outrage and demands for #JusticeforJaneDoe. They unleashed a passionate mob and their actions divided the small town,but in the process gave strength to generations of women forced to hide abuse. This film asks, when it seems like nothing will change, when is it OK for outsiders to intervene?


Focus of the Day Article:
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has referred 26 law firms offering trust and company services to its disciplinary team after a review revealed that a “significant minority” of practices were failing to do enough to tackle money laundering. The SRA said that following its thematic review, it would write to a further 400 asking them to show they comply with the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017.
Full story -Legal Futures

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