Saturday

4th July - Law News

3112nd 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:  Kame Gowda, a shepherd from a small village in Karnataka's Mandya district, has got the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In his most recent Mann Ki Baat broadcast, PM Modi referred to Mr Gowda as a "water warrior" and described how he had dug ponds near his village Dasanadoddi so that the area which was patched in summer could have access to water all year round.


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Friday

3rd July - Law News

3111th 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:  Dublin man Joe Smith went to St James’s Hospital on Easter Monday having experienced kidney pain at home. During his stay he tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted to the hospital’s Covid Intensive Care Unit. In this video we follow his story.

Focus of the Day Article: Majority of tech GCs say their firms are unprepared for new global privacy regulations, survey finds. Only 31% of GCs say their organisations are prepared for CCPA and other privacy laws. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
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Thursday

2nd July - Law News

3110th 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:  Amidst the global pandemic, China has ratcheted up its rhetoric against Australia, enacted Hong Kong's new national security bill, and begun a military build up on its border with India. But Bonnie Glaser - the director of the China Power Project at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washi.

Focus of the Day Article: The Law Society has called on the government to help nurture developments in legal technology as part of its initiative to get the economy on its feet again following the pandemic. This could include more flexibility over the apprenticeship levy and tax breaks for lawtech startups, the Society said. Full story - Law Society Gazette
 
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Wednesday

1st July - Law News

3109th 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:  China has passed a law aimed at preventing a repeat of last year's pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. There has been strong international condemnation of the hastily-passed legal crackdown, which is already leading to anti-Beijing groups disbanding.

Focus of the Day Article: The Law Society has called on the government to allow firms to use the apprenticeship levy more flexibly than now to create new jobs and retrain staff as part of the support needed in the wake of Covid-19. It also urged tax incentives to encourage solicitors’ investment in technology as well as continuing wider financial support, such as a temporary cut in VAT. The new campaign, dubbed ‘Return, Restart and Recovery’, said allowing firms to spend the apprenticeship levy on a wider range of support would allow them “to create the new jobs that will provide the backbone of the sector in the long term”. Full story - Legal Futures
 
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