1998th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles
archive focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.
Today's video story: UC Berkeley Professor Lok Siu walks "United Shades of America" host W. Kamau Bell through the intricacies of China's relationship with America, and how Chinese Americans get caught in the middle.
Focus of the day story: The Solicitors Regulation Authority has admitted it does not expect any immediate change in the standard of proof when prosecuting solicitors, despite renewing calls to lower the threshold. Responding to a consultation on Bar Standards Board proposals to introduce a civil standard for barristers, the solicitors’ regulator urged its sister body to press on with immediate reform. However, a change along similar lines for solicitors was not ‘imminent’, it states. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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