Thursday

6th April - Law News

1927th 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: Chefs in Paris cooked a sit-down meal for some of the many thousand refugees who are living in tents in the French capital. With immigration one of the major talking-points in the upcoming election, charity workers organised the event to give migrants achance to come together for hot food from local restaurants.


Focus of the day story:  The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is planning not only to combine its two law firm panels into one, but to give all the legal work involved to a single firm, Legal Futures understands – leaving solicitors who have acted as prosecutors for decades out in the cold and questioning whether the regulator is taking the wrong approach.. Full story - Legal Futures


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Wednesday

5th April - Law News

1926th 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: Six suspected ISIS and Al-Nusra Front recruiters, said to come from Central Asian countries, were detained in St. Petersburg days after the blast in the city’s Metro. President Putin says any post-Soviet country could be the target of a terrorist attack. Could this be a justification used by Putin to invade such nations?


Focus of the day story:  CLSA: Extending court hours discriminates against parent lawyers. ‘Government agencies must recognise fundamental importance of defence practitioners’. Full story - Solicitors Journal


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Tuesday

4th April - Law News

1925th 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 price of ivory has dropped by more than half in the past three years. This decline may be good news for elephants that have been targeted for their tusks.


Focus of the day story: A conditional fee agreement can be lawfully assigned, the Supreme Court has unanimously held in a significant judgment. Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance [2017] UKSC 23 concerned the issue of whether an after-the-event (ATE) insurance premium claimed in a costs order was recoverable. Full story - New Law Journal


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Monday

3rd April - Law News

1924th 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: Fraud row erupts in Ecuador presidential election. Ecuador's left-wing candidate Lenin Moreno has claimed victory in the presidential election after a partial count. His rival Guillermo Lasso has alleged fraud and said he would contest the result. Supporters of both candidates took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate and protest.


Focus of the day story: What is it with judges and women? Men who inflict terrible violence on their partners are walking free from courts that treat their crimes lightly. Full story - Guardian Law


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Sunday

2nd April - Law News

1923rd 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: Anti-racism protesters and members of the anti-immigrant grouping, Soldiers of Odin, have been involved in street clashes in Toronto, Canada.

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