Thursday

8th September - Law News

1719th 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: A day after Indian social activist Anna Hazare said that he is "very saddened to see" some of the colleagues of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal getting embroiled in various controversies, it was the turn of former Aam Aadmi Party leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan to voice their opinion on the ongoing crisis in AAP.
 


Focus of the day: Deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) are acceptable even in the most serious cases of financial misconduct – so long as the perpetrator cooperates with the authorities, a government fraud-buster said today. This means 'telling us everything', Matthew Wagstaff, joint head of bribery and corruption at the Serious Fraud Office, said. Full story - The Law Society Gazette




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Wednesday

7th September - Law News

1718th 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: ISIS haunts Libyan battleground & execution sites won back in struggle for Sirte.
 


Focus of the day: G4S 'manifestly ill-equipped to provide advice on discrimination and human rights,' says Liberty. The government could face High Court action if it does not set aside the contract it has awarded to G4S to operate the national discrimination advice helpline, a UK charity has warned. Full story - Solicitors Journal



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Tuesday

6th September - Law News

1717th 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: Interview with Former Central Intelligence Agency boss Michael Hayden, who also served for six years as the head of the US electronic spying division, the National Security Agency (NSA)
 


Focus of the day: The Bar Council has slammed the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) forthcoming continuing professional development (CPD) regime as being burdensome, complicated, unfit for purpose, and involving “pointless” self-assessment. Making fundamental objections in response to a consultation on the rules and regulations of the new scheme – which comes into force in January 2017 – the Bar Council warned that it would lead to “many practitioners” being “likely to fail in their compliance” due to a failure to cope with “unnecessary formalities” imposed on barristers, not through a lack of professional competence. Full story - Legal Futures


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Monday

5th September - Law News

1716th 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: Germany’s anti-immigration party, the AfD, has beaten Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party in a regional election. It took 21% of the vote. But is its rise down to patriotism and fears for the German way of life, or are its detractors right when they blame Islamophobia?
 


Focus of the day: Recently released official statistics show that small businesses seeking money owed to them have been priced out of court by fee increases of more than 600%, says the Bar Council. In March 2015, the Ministry of Justice increased court fees for money claims. It imposed a 5% fee on organisations and individuals bringing claims worth between £10,000 and £200,000. Claimants were obliged to pay fees of £10,000 upfront for a claim of £200,000, a 660% increase on the previous fee of £1,315. Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

4th September - Law News

1715th 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: Turkey claims it has regained areas along the Turkish-Syrian border from ISIS as Syria says it has launched a new offensive against rebels near Aleppo.




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Saturday

3rd September - Law News

1714rd 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 last Western hostage to be released alive by so-called Islamic State (IS) has told the BBC, in his first British interview, that he became 'so ashamed' after the initial excitement felt on news of his release, because he had to leave others behind. Having been held by IS in Syria for 12 months, photographer Daniel Rye was freed in June 2014. At one point IS put him in the same place as James Foley, David Haines and Alan Henning, who were all killed, as well as John Cantlie who remains a captive. Rye has written a book about his ordeal and explained why he decided to travel to Syria.




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Friday

2nd September - Law News

1713rd 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: ABC's Four Corners obtained footage showing a boy, Dylan Voller, who is hooded and strapped into a mechanical restraint chair for almost two hours in March 2015.


Focus of the day: The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s proposed reforms to the SRA handbook and accounts rules risk ‘weakening client protection’ and ‘damaging the reputation of the solicitor profession both at home and abroad’, the Law Society has warned. The Law Society has urged solicitors to give feedback on the changes, and has released guidance, case studies and a template submission to help solicitors. Full story - The Law Society Gazette



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Thursday

1st September - Law News

1712nd 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: Fort McMurray residents were forced to flee a huge wildfire that destroyed much of their city in Canada’s Alberta province in May 2016.


Focus of the day: Narrow focus on price could potentially damage clients' ability to make informed choices, says Chancery Lane. The Law Society has rejected calls from the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) for firms to publish the average cost of services as the debate around the future of legal services intensifies. Full story - Solicitors Journal



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