Wednesday

24th August - Law News

1703rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Human Rights & Social Justice.

Today's video story: The forgotten children of China's prisoners. In a government building in Nanzhao, the Zhang children’s father awaits his fate.


Focus of the day: Overburdening start-ups could harm their progress, says CEO. Forcing new entrants to the legal services market to publish their prices could disadvantage lawyers, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) has said. Responding to the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) interim report on the sector, CILEx said it supports measures to increase market competition but wants reforms to be outcomes focused - not mandated - to protect its members. Full story - Solicitors Journal



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Tuesday

23rd August - Law News

1702nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Human Rights & Social Justice.

Today's video story: What it's like to perform a C-section in Aleppo? Dr Farida is an obstetrician and gynaecologist working in a hospital in eastern Aleppo. She performs an emergency caesarean section while explaining the injuries she comes across in newborn and unborn babies. “They lose their arms sometimes,” she says. “They lose their legs sometimes.


Focus of the day: A British bill of rights will go ahead as promised, the justice secretary, Liz Truss, has said, though she refused to give a timeframe for any detailed proposals. There has been repeated speculation that the legislation, which was a 2015 Conservative manifesto promise and set to replace the Human Rights Act introduced by the last Labour government, could be ditched in the wake of the EU referendum.. Full story - Guardian Law



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Monday

22nd August - Law News

1701st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Human Rights & Social Justice.

Today's video story: Suspect slips cuffs, ejected from police car. After being arrested, Logan Younger was ejected from a police cruiser when it crashed on the way to a detention center.

Focus of the day: Government plans to introduce tax avoidance scheme penalties for professional advisers have been roundly criticised by lawyers and accountants. Under the plans set out in a discussion document published this week “enablers” of tax avoidance could have to pay a fine of up to 100% of the tax the scheme’s user underpaid. Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

21st August - Law News

1700th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Human Rights & Social Justice.

Today's video story: Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts claims NASA has corrupted data, there is no empirical evidence that humans are causing global warming and the climate models are wrong.Professor Brian Cox explains climate science to denier Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts.


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Saturday

20th August - Law News

1699th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: CDC: Pregnant women should avoid travel to Miami-Dade County. "The risk (of contracting Zika) is still low, but the result is catastrophic," CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden tells CNN'.





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Friday

19th August - Law News

1698th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: The forgotten police bombing of a Philadelphia pro-black group. On 13 May 1985, Philadelphia police bombed the Move compound, killing 11 people, including five children, and destroying an entire neighborhood. The countercultural group lived communally and had a history of violent encounters with police.


Focus of the day article: Government proposals to clamp down on tax avoidance by targeting advisers with sanctions if HMRC successfully challenges a scheme further blur the line between evasion and avoidance, and “threaten the rule of law”, according to a prominent tax lawyer. Anti-avoidance proposals were contained in an HMRC discussion document, Strengthening tax avoidance sanctions and deterrents, has now been published. Full story -Legal Futures



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Thursday

18th August - Law News

1697th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: Anjem Choudary, a prominent radical Islamist preacher, has been convicted at the Old Bailey in London of supporting Islamic State. He has a long history of controversial media appearances, repeatedly failing to condemn terrorist atrocities. He now faces up to 10 years in prison.


Focus of the day article: Fraud convictions remain low despite rise in SFO-compelled interviews. A rise in the number of witnesses interviewed by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) failed to lead to more convictions last year, the latest statistics has revealed. In 2015, 177 witnesses were compelled to attend interviews - a 37 per cent increase on the 129 interviews completed the year before, according to RPC. Full story - Solicitors Journal



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Wednesday

17th August - Law News

1696th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: Two years ago, the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram abducted 276 school girls from the northern town of Chibok. In that time, only one girl has escaped. She is in the care of the government in the capital, Abuja. Her mother spoke exclusively to the BBC about what her daughter's life was like under the militant group.


Focus of the day article: The High Court has ruled that a contract claim against retailer Sports Direct should be stayed until the claimant has paid the correct court fee. Lifestyles Equities and Lifestyle Licensing had paid a £480 fee after making a claim alleging registered trademark infringement and/or inducement of breach of contract. Full story - The Law Society Gazette



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