Monday

13th March - Law News

1903rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Turkey and the Netherlands: Why the falling out?


Focus of the day story: A family judge has urged child protection professionals to use Facebook and other forms of social media when trying to trace birth parents in adoption cases. Ruling in Re T (a child) [2017] EWFC 19, Mr Justice Holman said: “I do wish to highlight by this short judgment that, in the modern era, Facebook may well be a route to somebody such as a birth parent whose whereabouts are unknown and who requires to be served with notice of adoption proceedings.” Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

12th March - Law News

1902nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: The British scientist widely credited with creating the 'World Wide Web' says he wants to save it from so called-fake news and targeted advertising.


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Saturday

11th March - Law News

1901st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: US Attorney for Manhattan Preet Bharara announced via Twitter that President Donald Trump has fired him after he refused to resign.


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Friday

10th March - Law News

1900th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Double Olympic women’s pole vault champion Elena Isinbayeva has been re-elected as the head of Russia's Anti-Doping Agency. She has spoken about reforms to Russia's anti-doping system.

 

Focus of the day story:  Plans to force lawyers to be more transparent about their fees and complaints records could first be piloted across areas of work that have different regulators, it has emerged in the first sign of formal activity following December’s report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) could also widen its plan for an online register of solicitors’ regulatory data to encompass all regulated lawyers. Full story - Legal Futures



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Thursday

9th March - Law News

1899th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: At least 22 young girls have died in a fire at a home for vulnerable teenagers and children in Guatemala. The country has declared three days of national mourning. A crowd of relatives, some wailing in grief, gathered outside the government-run Virgen de Asuncion home for the under-18s in San Jose Pinula, 25 km southwest of the capital, Guatemala City. *What happened?* Police say some residents set mattresses ablaze after trying to escape from the overcrowded facility.

 

Focus of the day story:  Preserving access to the single market in legal services is among the reasons why the government urgently needs to set out a vision for trade with the EU following Brexit, MPs say today. In its first report, the International Trade Committee of the House of Commons backs re-joining the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) to preserve continuity in trading relationships.  Full story - The Law Society Gazette



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Wednesday

8th March - Law News

1898th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: A desperate call in need of an urgent response. Close to 20 million people in three African countries and Yemen are at risk of starvation. The UN secretary general says more than $4 billion is needed within the next three weeks or many more will die. Antonio Guterres made an emergency visit to Somalia, where a national disaster has been declared because of drought. About half of the country’s population faces severe food shortages. What can be done to save the lives of millions in this part of the world? And just who is supposed to act?

Focus of the day story:
   Jackson LJ considering ‘intermediate’ litigation track. Costs shifting is ‘a two-edged sword’ that both promotes and inhibits access to justice, says judge. Full story - Solicitors Journal



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