Tuesday

31st July - Law News

2408th 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: There are more than 4,000 people who work in Scotland's carnival yards - families whose heritage goes back centuries. Many of them live in Glasgow - but say they are being pushed out by the city's fast moving regeneration. And they say that's especially true in Govan where a £17 million development is being planned - where showpeople living on two waterfront sites fear their homes are being threatened.

Focus of the Day Story:
If we want to build trust in society, a new treason law is no way to do it. Calls to update an ancient law make no sense in a modern and polarised world.
Full story - Guardian Law
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Monday

30th July - Law News

2407th 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: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a step closer to being evicted from the Ecuadorian embassy in London after President Lenin Moreno said the whistleblower must "eventually" leave the facility.

Focus of the Day Story:
Lawyers highlight risks of courts project. Transformation programme may ‘fail to deliver expected benefits’, committee warns.
Full story - New Law Journal
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Sunday

29th July - Law News

2405th 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: He says it is a new Pakistan. Imran Khan is pledging to help the poor, talk to the Taliban and try to end the decades of dispute over Kashmir. The former World Cup-winning cricket captain is set to be Pakistan's new prime minister, following Wednesday's general election. The leader of the Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) won most seats - but not enough to form a majority government - so a coalition cabinet is expected.

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Saturday

28th July - Law News

2404th 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: A senior BJP lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh has said that cases of rape and murder are on the rise because of the growing Muslim population in India. Plumbing new lows in hate speeches, Hari Om Pandey, a lawmaker from Ambedkar Nagar, also said that soon a new nation like Pakistan will be carved out of India if the government failed to curb the Muslim population.


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Friday

27th July - Law News

2403rd 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: US House Speaker Paul Ryan said he does not support House conservatives' efforts to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing the special counsel Russia investigation. "Do I support impeachment of Rod Rosenstein? No, I do not," Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, told reporters on Capitol Hill Thursday. He added, "I don't think we should be cavalier with this process."

Focus of the Day Story:
Consumers choose cheaper, faster 'lawbots' over expensive, slow lawyers. Divorce by lawbot? New survey says 70 per cent of consumers would be happy to consult a 'lawbot', while law firms worry about digital impacts..
Full story - The Global Legal Post

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Thursday

26th July - Law News

2402nd 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: The US and North Korea have agreed to work towards denuclearising the Korean Peninsula, and for now the relationship seems a little less volatile. But what does the future hold? We asked experts Dr Charlie Laderman from King's College London and Cristina Varriale from RUSI for their verdict.

Focus of the Day Story:
Fresh from being criticised by MPs for showing insufficient leadership over disclosure failures, Crown Prosecution Service chief Alison Saunders has announced changes to a governing code for prosecutors that spells out their obligations. The CPS is consulting on changes to the Code for Crown Prosecutors, which addresses disclosure issues that have emerged from cases that have collapsed over the past few months.

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Wednesday

25th July - Law News

2401st 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: For years Arron Banks has styled himself as the bad boy of Brexit, a man who poured millions of pounds into UKIP and the Brexit campaign from his personal fortune, made from a multitude of businesses. The jewel in the crown - perhaps his diamond business, with mines in Southern Africa and a shop in Bristol. He denies allegation of bribery in Lesotho over mining interest.

Focus of the Day Story:
High numbers of low-quality suspicious activity reports (SARs) are making it difficult to investigate money laundering, the Law Commission has warned.
Law firms are regularly criticised for generating only a small fraction of the SARs received by the National Crime Agency.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

24th July - Law News

2400th 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: In Iran, a teenager posted Instagram videos of herself dancing in her bedroom. Then the police came to interrogate her.

Focus of the Day Story:
Arts experts tell of ‘heartache’ over legal action rift with National Gallery
Workshop leaders and lecturers with ‘years of collective experience’ explain their claim for unfair dismissal.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

23rd July - Law News

2400th 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: Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok has faced a storm of criticism after saying there's no such thing, as a peaceful, multicultural society. The minister also dismissed the former Dutch colony Surinam, as a 'failed state' due to 'ethnic divisions'.

Focus of the Day Story:
Fortunes are made in the City while legal aid lawyers struggle—is it time for the commercial sector to pay back some of the profits it has received from the public sector?
Full story - New Law Journal

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