Thursday

20th February - Law News

2975th 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 Brisbane mother who died along with her three children after the car they were in was set alight "did everything she could to protect" them from her estranged husband, a friend says.


Focus of the Day article: Law school pass rates range from 100% to under 30% depending on where you study, a report by the Solicitors Regulation Authority has revealed. For the academic year to 31 August 2018, the proportion of students who passed the Legal Practice Course (LPC) ranged from 29% to 100% among 25 postgraduate institutions. The SRA said it is ‘unclear what the reasons are for such a wide disparity in performance'. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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Wednesday

19th February - Law News

2974th 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:  Lebanon has been wracked by mass protests since October, toppling one government along the way already. It's all fuelled by popular anger at endemic corruption and the worst economic crisis to hit the country for 30 years. There are new faces in charge, but many feel the old politics has basically stayed the same. However, with a movement spanning both class and sectarian divides, young revolutionaries believe that this time they will finally get the changes they're demanding.


Focus of the Day article: Many readers will know that we recently marked the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, which paved the way for women to practise as solicitors and barristers in England and Wales for the first time. The most recent figures show that women now make up a majority of practising solicitors, but I believe there is still a long way to go to establish the level of women in senior roles in law firms. Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

18th February - Law News

2973rd 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:  Two homes in the occupied West Bank; starting with a Palestinian family whose house is in a fenced off enclave within an Israeli settlement. Israel has said it intends to formally annex all settlements in the West Bank based on President Trump's plan. But the US proposals are rejected by the Palestinians, who say its vision of a state for them is unacceptable. About 600,000 Jews live in about 140 settlements built since Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967.


Focus of the Day article: Impact on rape victims of police phone seizures to be reviewed, Review comes amid sharp falls in number of rape prosecutions and fears of ‘digital strip search’ deterring victims. Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

17th February - Law News

2972nd 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 group of protesters demonstrated against a plebiscite for a new constitution, and counter-protesters were also present. The two groups met and had several discussions and confrontations. The police were trying to keep the groups apart by using tear gas and water cannons to disperse them.


Focus of the Day article: In two related judgments, Lieven J considered an application made by a Hospital Trust to withdraw treatment from a child receiving mechanical ventilation to keep him alive and an application for anonymity on behalf of his treating clinicians.  The Trust succeeded in both. The decision has been upheld by the Court of Appeal. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog

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Sunday

16th February - Law News

2971st 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 military offensive on the last rebel-held region in northwestern Syria is causing the largest single displacement of people since the conflict began nine years ago. At least 800,000 people have fled the fighting since the start of December. They are stranded in areas near the border with Turkey, suffering in cold temperatures in overcrowded camps.


 
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Saturday

15th February - Law News

2970th 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:  "I ask you, would the average Muslim feel threatened if AAP was in government or if BJP was in government? They are in receiving line in this kind of politics of hate", says senior journalist Pragya Tiwari.


 
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