Wednesday

7th August - Law News

2779th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Both health experts and the Labour party have accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of misleading the public over his promise to give £1.8 billion to the English NHS. Mr Johnson has insisted the cash, which will go towards upgrading 20 hospitals across England as well as capital spending, was "genuine new money". But is it? This is the latest in a series of spending pledges Mr Johnson has made since taking office.



Focus of the Day Article:
Cuts to legal aid and stigmatisation of clients seeking asylum arising from Brexit have added to the emotional toll suffered by lawyers practising in the field, research has found. Building on earlier research detailing the strain borne by lawyers having to represent people describing harrowing events before reaching sanctuary in this country, the findings included legal representatives displaying emotional detachment and cynicism about client narratives in order to protect themselves.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

6th August - Law News

2778th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Tensions are high in Indian-administered Kashmir amid speculation that a law which grants the state's residents unique privileges including property rights could be revoked. Top politicians in Indian-administered Kashmir have been put under house arrest, days after thousands of troops were deployed to the disputed region. Public meetings have been banned and reports say mobile networks and the internet have been restricted. Last week authorities also ordered tourists and Hindu pilgrims to leave, citing a "terror threat" against an annual pilgrimage to a major shrine.



Focus of the Day Article:
Woman conceived after rape of 13-year-old wants birth father prosecuted, ‘I’m a walking crime scene,’ says woman who aims to use her DNA to bring case against man who raped her mother.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

5th August - Law News

2777th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: 20 people were killed and 26 others injured in El Paso, Texas. In less than 24 hours, 9 people have been killed in a mass shooting in downtown Dayton, Ohio while 26 others were injured. The mass shootings were hate crime by far-right white terrorists.



Focus of the Day Article:
Delays in employment cases have hit a record high as overburdened tribunals struggle to deal with the volume of claims, lawyers have warned.
Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

4th August - Law News

2776th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: It is five years since thousands of Yazidis in Iraq were killed, taken hostage and forced into exile by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS). The Yazidi community is demanding accountability for the crimes committed. A special UN investigative team says it is making slow but steady progress.




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Saturday

3rd August - Law News

2775th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: A journalist was killed in a road accident in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram (India) late last night when a car adriven allegedly by an IAS officer rammed his motorcycle, killing him on the spot.




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Friday

2nd August - Law News

2774th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: We recently brought you a story about a contentious government scheme for recovering debts from people on welfare. Since then, 7.30 has been inundated with stories from other people who've been shocked to receive robodebts. Now we bring you the stories of two men with disabilities - including one who died last year - and their families who are demanding answers about the debts that Centrelink says they owe. Plus Laura Tingle interviews Minister for Government Services Stuart Robert about robodebts.


Focus of the Day Article:
Minority groups and women underrepresented on US state supreme courts, as report suggests judicial elections lack of diversity threatens legitimacy.
Full story - The Global Legal Post


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Thursday

1st August - Law News

2773rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: In a newly unearthed audio clip, then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan disparaged "monkeys" from African countries in a phone call with then-President Richard Nixon, according to the former director of Nixon's presidential library. Tim Naftali, who directed the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum from 2007 to 2011, writes that Reagan -- who would later become the 40th President of the United States -- called Nixon in October 1971, the day after the United Nations had voted to recognize the People's Republic of China. In the call, he says, Reagan is heard apparently referencing the way the Tanzanian delegation started dancing in the General Assembly when the UN took the vote to seat the delegation from Beijing instead of Taiwan.


Focus of the Day Article:
Justice officials have conceded there is nothing to stop insurers gaming the new portal system for litigants in person when it goes live next April. Ministry of Justice policy chiefs appeared yesterday at a seminar held to give more detail about how the portal will work. Around 100 stakeholders were in London for a session put together by the Motor Insurers Bureau, which is designing and implementing the portal.

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