Wednesday

18th January - Law News

1849th 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: More than 3,000 women staged a demonstration today in Sanaa to protest against Saudi Arabia's involvement in the conflict in Yemen. The pro-Houthi women, who packed the Sanaa football stadium, carried banners that urged Yemeni women to “fight for peace”, while chanting for victory and marching carrying machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.


Focus of the day story:  Young lawyers are far from cashing in on law’s gravy train. Solicitors criticised for their pay packets should remember the social and economic contribution they have made Full story - Solicitors Journal


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Tuesday

17th January - Law News

1848th 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: Thirty-three-year-old Ben Franklin from London was diagnosed with Hepatitis C nine months ago. The virus can cause life-threatening liver damage. A new drug which could cure his condition was approved by NHS England last year, but funding is limited to 10,011 people. Ben is now buying a cheaper copy of the drug from Bangladesh, a route which the Hepatitis C Trust estimates as many as 1,000 other patients have taken. NHS England said it was regularly reallocating unused Hepatitis C treatments to places with waiting lists. It also revealed that the number of patients treated will increase.

Focus of the day story: The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has had to increase its provision for general insurance claims by around £45m for the next financial year, because of the failures of Enterprise Insurance and Gable Insurance AG, it has emerged, while it is still paying out for other insurers that used to back solicitors. Full story - Legal Futures


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Monday

16th January - Law News

1847th 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: A bilateral repatriation programme between Pakistan and Afghanistan to move tens of thousands of Pakistani refugees across the border into Pakistan’s Waziristan area came into effect on Monday. The returnees are expected to return to a region mired in violence and braced for a bitter winter.

Focus of the day story: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has issued a call for evidence on how to tackle corporate crime such as money laundering, fraud and false accounting. Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

15th January - Law News

1846th 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: Pardoned by Barack Obama: how a first-time offender was granted freedom. Barack Obama has issued a record number of pardons, commuting the sentences of more men and women than the past nine presidents combined. 


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Saturday

14th January - Law News

1845th 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: Amid the ongoing bombing of Yemen by the Saudi led coalition, views from a remote village where people are on the brink of starvation. Hungry for peace - Inside Yemeni village dying from starvation.


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Friday

13th January - Law News

1844th 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: Freezing cold weather is hitting everyone in Greece -- including thousands of refugees living in camps, some without proper shelter. Forty people from the Moria refugee camp have been transferred on to a Greek ferry for protection..


Focus of the day story:  EU law 'will continue to apply in UK during transition deal'. Maltese PM makes clear that European court of justice will still be ‘in charge’ as part of any deal to smooth path to Brexit. Full story - Guardian Law

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