21st August - Law News

Edition 4255: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: The life-changing impact of miscarriage around the globe - But the care and support women receive during and after pregnancy loss varies greatly, depending on where in the world they live

 Focus of the Day Legal News: CILEX lawyers could be given clearer professional titles to improve public understanding of their role and equivalence with solicitors, as part of a regulatory shake-up. Full story - New Law Journal  

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A-Level results: 6 tips if you’re heading to law school - Legal Cheek https://t.co/movJfJhLrV
  
• New IPC, CrPC bill: Is #India's planned criminal law reform a game-changer and would it protect minorities? https://shorturl.at/chpAO
  
• How #Israel targets Palestinian first responders in occupied West Bank - The United Nations says 77 healthcare workers were injured and 30 ambulances damaged this year https://shorturl.at/pNW48
  
• No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the non tech-savvy - The elderly, the poor and the unbanked are among the marginalised groups being excluded from our cashless society https://shorturl.at/nsACK
  
• ‘Heartless’ government fails to fill two key human rights watchdog roles - Campaigners say rape and trafficking victims have been betrayed by the Tories’ failure to appoint commissioners to defend them https://shorturl.at/mvDMN
  
• #Pakistan’s president says he did not sign new national security laws https://shorturl.at/fwxD2
  
• Corporate law and the 2008 financial crash - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pCkwDINHyV