Monday

16th May - Law News

1603rd 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: A conditional fee agreement (CFA) can be assigned, a court has held, in a decision that will affect thousands of cases. Ruling in the county court at Liverpool in Jones v Spire Healthcare (Appeal No 96/2015) this week, Judge Graham Wood QC held that an insolvent firm of solicitors can validly assign its entitlement and responsibility under a CFA with a client to another firm of solicitors. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law
Today's video story: Turkey's Parliament is debating lifting immunity for members under investigation. It's a heated debate that has devolved into fighting.
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Sunday

15th May - Law News

1602nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


Saturday Conversations on Law
Today's video story: The European Union's naval mission, launched in response to the migrant crisis, has failed, according to a UK House of Lords report. Critics say the search and rescue activity of operation 'Sophia' acts as a magnet to migrants and aids people traffickers. The chairman of the EU External Affairs Sub-Committee at the House of Lords admitted the failure of the mission.
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Saturday

14th May - Law News

1601st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


Saturday Conversations on Law
Today's video story: Dadaab was meant as a temporary home for Somalis fleeing their country's civil war. Twenty five years later, it's home to 330,000 people - and the third biggest city in Kenya. This week, the Kenyan government announced plans to try and close it down.
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Friday

13th May - Law News

1600th 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:  Law firms that charge clients for money laundering due diligence checks are at risk of breaking the rules, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned. The SRA said law firms were legally required to carry out client due diligence (CDD) checks under the money laundering regulations. Full story - Legal Futures



Saturday Conversations on Law
Today's video story: Disillusioned with China’s urban dream, a young man set off on a 15-year walk and rediscovered his family’s ethnic Miao traditions.
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Thursday

12th May - Law News

1598th 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:  Boards fear reputational risk and threat of corporate fines, research finds. Business spending on regulatory compliance will continue to rise due to concerns about reputational risk and increasing corporate fines, new research has found. A survey of UK businesses commissioned by Pinsent Masons show that almost three-quarters of the compliance professionals surveyed expect their regulatory spend to increase over the next five years. t. Full story - Solicitors Journal


Saturday Conversations on Law
Today's video story: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has taken her battle to survive impeachment to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch attempt to stay in office, a day before the Senate is expected to vote to try her for breaking budget laws.Brazil's Attorney General Eduardo Cardozo, the government's top lawyer, asked the Supreme Court to annul impeachment proceedings on Tuesday, his office said.As the prospect grew of Rousseff's removal and a potential end to 13 years of rule by her leftist Workers Party, anti-impeachment protesters blocked roads and burned tyres in the capital Sao Paulo and other cities early on Tuesday. 
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Wednesday

11th May - Law News

1597th 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:  British bill of rights could 'unravel' constitution, say peers. House of Lords’ EU justice committee urges ministers to rethink plans to scrap Human Rights Act. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law
Today's video story: Cologne assaults first defendant to appear in court. Hundreds of women filed complaints - saying they were attacked while attending New Year's Eve celebrations in Cologne.
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Tuesday

10th May - Law News

1596th 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: Two-thirds of students who pass the £12,500-plus Bar Professional Training Course fail to secure a pupillage, according to new statistics that once again call into question the credibility of the bar’s training regime. Nearly half of pupillages are awarded to women, but the bar regulator says that since more women than men enrol on the BPTC, ‘more work may be required’ to tackle gender bias. White BPTC candidates may also be more successful in securing pupillage than BME candidates, it adds, though ‘more research is needed’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


Saturday Conversations on Law
Today's video story: A day in the life of a lawyer - Jeremy brings the camera along for a normal day at work as a lawyer!
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