1918th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles
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Today's video story: South Korea: Relatives of Sewol ferry victims seek answers. Salvage crews have found human remains on board the Sewol ferry in South Korea. A memorial service has been held for the families of nine people still missing after it sunk almost three years ago. Relatives of those missing want a more thorough investigation into what caused the vessel to sink and why more than 300 people died.
Focus of the day story: Changes to insurance industry reducing work for their lawyers, research claims. Virtually all law firms serving the insurance industry have lost business in recent years amid “a high level of disruption driven by major changes in the underwriting businesses they support”, new research has found. Full story - Litigation Futures
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