2277th 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 Focus: One of the American soldiers ambushed by militants in Niger was wearing a helmet camera – an analysis of the footage to understand what happened.
Focus of the Day story: Justice Secretary David Gauke today finally published the Civil Liability Bill, which the government said “offered hope” of lower insurance premiums to millions of motorists by reducing the “unacceptably high number of whiplash claims”. The bill, first announced in last June’s Queen’s Speech, also contains changes to the way the personal injury discount rate is calculated. The plan is to introduce the whiplash changes in April 2019. Full story - Legal Futures
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