Saturday

28th November - Law News

1433rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
Our Latest Saturday Law Interview features the Scottish National Party Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson, Joanna Cherry QC MP, in a wide ranging discussion on the the Human Rights Act 1998, the role of corroboration in the Scottish justice system, the legal issues surrounding Scottish independence and human rights. 




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Friday

27th November - Law News

1432nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Some 200 law firms could fall within the scope of the new apprenticeship levy of 0.5% on company payrolls, preliminary analysis of the new measure suggests. The levy, announced in the spending review yesterday, will be imposed on businesses with wage bills of over £3m a year and be charged from April 2017. The government says the scheme will raise £3bn a year by 2019-20 and fund three million apprenticeships. Full story - The Law Society Gazette




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Thursday

26th November - Law News

1431st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Ministry of Justice must halve its administrative budget over next five years. George Osbourne has promised £2bn worth of investment to modernise the court and prison estates while forcing the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to cut its administrative budget by half within five years. The chancellor has published the results of his spending review, including details of the MoJ's budget over the course of the current parliament. The MoJ will be provided with £1.3bn of capital investment over the next five years to reform the prison estate and fulfil the Lord Chancellor's aim of championing rehabilitation. Full story - Solicitors Journal





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Wednesday

25th November - Law News

1430th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: First AI lawyer “closer to commercial release than expected” as law firm pilot expands. Lawyers routinely over-estimate the current state of machine-learning computers but under-estimate their potential future capabilities, according to the chief executive of ROSS Intelligence, the company building an application billed as the world’s first “artificially intelligent attorney”. Full story - Legal Futures




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Tuesday

24th November - Law News

1429th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Should those in-house be ‘trusted advisers’, sage like, valued for their expertise but remaining distant and professionally detached? Not embroiled in the running of the business but sitting philosophically just outside? Full story - The Lawyer




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Monday

23rd November - Law News

1428th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Some 85% of US and UK corporate counsel at Fortune 1000 companies fear social media could push a minor problem into a major crisis. However, these concerns do not necessarily translate into action. The lawyers believe social media poses a risk to what 91% of them described as their company’s greatest asset, its reputation, but do not believe there is a legal risk and tend not to become heavily involved in planning for mitigation and response. Full story - New Law Journal



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