Thursday

31st January - Law News

2592nd 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 Trump administration’s hard-line stance on keeping migrants out is pushing asylum seekers to take remote and dangerous routes into the United States. And a wall might not be able to fix that.

Focus of the Day Article:
A young solicitor who was “deceived, pressured, bullied and manipulated” has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), despite being the one to blow the whistle on misconduct in her firm. The SDT said the fact that Emily Scott, who left Quality Solicitors De Vita Platt immediately after completing her training contract, had been “under pressure and working in a horrendous environment” could not excuse her dishonesty.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Wednesday

30th January - Law News

2591st 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 FBI came for him before dawn, dressed in combat gear, using night-vision equipment and shouting "Open the door", before arresting former Trump campaign aide Roger Stone as part of the investigation into alleged Russian collusion. Nothing to do with us, the White House insisted, while Stone declared he would plead not guilty and fight charges including witness tampering and false statements.

Focus of the Day Article:
Justice ministry knew court IT systems were ‘obsolete’, papers reveal. After last week’s meltdown, MoJ documents show warning of ‘unacceptable levels’ of risk.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Tuesday

29th January - Law News

2590th 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: Venezuela's political crisis appears to be reaching boiling point amid growing efforts by the opposition to unseat the socialist president, Nicolás Maduro. The South American country has been caught in a downward spiral for years with growing political discontent further fuelled by skyrocketing hyperinflation, power cuts and shortages of food and medicine. More than three million Venezuelans have left the country in recent years. But what exactly is behind the crisis rocking Venezuela?


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Monday

28th January - Law News

2589th 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 wedding in the Peruvian city of Abancay has ended in tragedy after a wall of a hotel hosting some 100 guests collapsed, killing at least 15 people and injuring 29 others.


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Sunday

27th January - Law News

2588th 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: UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has said that it is clear that Rohingya refugees cannot return to Myanmar in the near future. She has urged the Bangladeshi government to prepare to host the refugees for the long term and is concerned about the security of the refugees. Bangladesh's government plans to move around 100,000 refugees to an island in the Bay of Bengal, where the government said they will have access to education and healthcare, but the UN special rapporteur has concerns about the island's isolation.



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Saturday

26th January - Law News

2587th 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: Pranab Mukherjee, former President, has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, along with music legend Bhupen Hazarika and social activist Nanaji Deshmukh. Many believe the choice of Pranab Mukherjee, a lifelong Congressman, for the top award delivers a less-than-subtle political message in election season. Pranab Mukherjee, 83, was president when the BJP came to power after a spectacular victory in the 2014 national election, ending the Congress-led Government's 10-year rule.




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Friday

25th January - Law News

2586th 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: Farmers are calling for the animal rights group Aussie Farms to be stripped of its charity status and have its Facebook page taken down. The group launched an online map showing the location and contact details for hundreds of farms across the country, linking them to animal cruelty. Aussie Farms says the initiative is about increasing transparency but Agriculture Minister David Littleproud is warning the site "could be creating an attack map for activists".


Focus of the Say Article:
On 3 and 4 December 2018, the first International Forum on Online Courts was held in London.  There were 300 delegates from about 30 different countries.  It undertook an international review of what is happening in many countries around the world.  It looked at technological issues, matters of access to justice, practicalities for lawyers and the judiciary, examples of innovations and lessons to be learned.  It was co-organised by the Society for Computers and Law (SCL) and by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) which, in the UK, runs the court service.
Full story - Family Law Week

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Thursday

24th January - Law News

2585th 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: Find out what it means to be part of a Solicitors Regulation Authority team who investigate complaints and step in when things go wrong.


Focus of the Say Article:
Attorney general Geoffrey Cox QC MP today rejected the accusation that the Crown Prosecution Service is failing – but said that the organisation cannot handle further spending cuts. In evidence to the House of Commons justice select committee, Cox conceded the CPS had suffered a 30% funding reduction and ‘significant’ reduction in staff.

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