1748th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles
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Today's video story: US presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he will never drop out of the race to be president. He would never let his supporters down, he added.
1747th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles
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Today's video story: A look inside the rehabilitation center for sex offenders in Colorado. Despised by the outside world, sex offenders often face even tougher critics once imprisoned: their fellow inmates. At Fremont Correctional Facility in Colorado, more than 1,400 sex offenders are held in a crowded, hostile environment where they must battle their internal and external demons.
1746th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles
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Today's video story: The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. The Nobel committee praised him for his efforts to bring an end to the country's 52-year civil war with FARC rebels.
Focus of the Day story: Alternative dispute resolution will help promote the legal sector internationally as the UK prepares to leaves the EU, justice minister Sir Oliver Heald has said. Heald told a fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference yesterday that London is already a ‘world-leading centre’ for arbitration, adding: ‘As we leave the EU, it will be important that the legal sector is looking at opportunities to forward its business across the world. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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Today's video story: UKIP leadership hopeful Steven Woolfe was taken to hospital following an altercation at a meeting of party MEPs, interim leader Nigel Farage has said. In a statement he said Mr Woolfe had "subsequently collapsed" and his "condition is serious". Mr Woolfe, MEP for the North West, was taken to hospital in Strasbourg for tests.
Focus of the Day story: With the government, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Legal Services Board, the Law Society and the legal services regulators all flashing their sequined blouses like contestants on Strictly Dumb Downing, the idea of leaving a ‘secure’ job and setting up a new law firm is likely to feature alongside bareback-rodeo and base-jumping on most people’s personal risk register. So it’s surprising that recent SRA data shows a significant net increase in UK law firms year on year. What, you may ask, is driving such risky behaviour and what are the hallmarks of a successful start-up? Full story - Legal Futures
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Today's video story: Manners, aristocracy, freedom: all things we tend to think of as inherent British values. But, says rapper Akala, we are taught a distorted version of history which erases serious political struggle. That, he argues, is what really bought us the fragile freedoms we have today.
Focus of the Day story: New courts service chief pledges to bring justice into digital age. Susan Acland-Hood helped cut an ‘overspending, unsustainable victim compensation fund’ without public outcry. Full story - Solicitors Journal
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Today's video story: An accused in the murder of Mohammad Akhlaq, who was lynched by a mob over suspicion of having eaten beef in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri last year, has died at a hospital in Delhi, India. The accused, 20-year-old Robin, who was in judicial custody for almost a year, was taken to a hospital two days ago after he complained of some pain, police said, adding he died due to kidney and respiratory failure.
Focus of the Day story: Liz Truss addresses judges as first female lord chancellor. Justice secretary opens legal year at Westminster ceremony ahead of courtroom challenge that could test UK’s unwritten constitution. Full story - Guardian Law
