Thursday

26th March - Law News

3012nd 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:  Australian veterinarians are being asked to help during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering their equipment to treat acute cases of the virus. While some vets see sense in the idea, others are skeptical that animal ventilators could be used on humans. Veterinarians around the country could be called on to sacrifice their equipment to help Australian hospitals if the number of coronavirus patients needing ventilation exceeds the number of machines now available.


Focus of the Day story: The Solicitors Regulation Authority has said it will take a ‘proportionate approach’ to enforcing rules on firms working through the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis. In its first public statement on the emergency, the regulator said it expects solicitors and firms to continue to meet high standards expected by the public, and to do everything they can to comply with rules. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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Wednesday

25th March - Law News

3011th 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:  Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) says that New York needs ventilators so desperately for the Covid-19 patients that they will test splitting a ventilator between patients. Cuomo then chastises the federal government for not doing more to get ventilators to New York like using the federal Defense Production Act to make companies produce ventilators.



Focus of the Day story: The Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland yesterday praised lawyers for their “heroic efforts” in trying to keep trials going during the coronavirus pandemic. He also acknowledged that the lockdown measures introduced on Monday might well lead to an increase in domestic violence and online crime as people stayed indoors. Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

24th March - Law News

3010th 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:  The prime minister is announcing strict new curbs on life in the UK to tackle the spread of coronavirus. From this evening people must stay at home except for shopping for basic necessities, daily exercise, any medical need and travelling to and from essential work. Shops selling non-essential goods will also be shut and gatherings in public of more than two people who do not live together prohibited. The UK death toll has reached 335. If people do not follow the rules police will have the powers to enforce them, including through fines and dispersing gatherings, Boris Johnson said in a televised statement from Downing Street.


Focus of the Day story: Crown court trials on hold while judges seek ways to protect juries, pause follows uncertainty over how trials would work given physical distancing need. Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

23rd March - Law News

3009th 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:  Hospitals and morgues overwhelmed, bodies piling up in churches and just under 800 deaths in one single day. That's the shocking reality in Italy which has become the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. And a symbol of the enormous challenges facing Europe's public health systems. The Italian government is struggling to keep up with the spread of the virus. It has sent in the army to enforce the lockdown in Lombardy, the northern region at the centre of the outbreak And it's tightening already strict controls on daily life.


Focus of the Day story: Home Office failings that led to the Windrush scandal were ‘consistent with some elements of the definition of institutional racism’, an independent inquiry has found. Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

22nd March - Law News

3008th 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:  Very experienced Australian barrister Nick Papas QC was asked about about his practice, some of his best and worst moments, and what it means to be a barrister.



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Saturday

21st March - Law News

3007th 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:  Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor who had attended several gatherings in the city and tested positive for coronavirus has been charged for negligence and disobedience to the order issued by a public servant, an official said.



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Friday

20th March - Law News

3006th 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:  What happens when stereotypes and fear about Covid-19 arrive before the actual disease does? In the video above, Katherine Oung, a 11th grader in Florida, shows what teenagers like her and her friends face as the coronavirus pandemic brings to the surface the racism underlying her community.


Focus of the Day Article: US companies lack resources to check on data privacy compliance, survey finds. More than half of respondents unsure if they are fully compliant with new regulations. Full story - The Global Legal Post

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