Friday

28th July - Law News

2041st 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: An IT consultant, who worked for congressional Democrats, has been arrested on bank fraud charges while trying to leave the country. He was a staffer of Debbie Wasserman Shultz, the former DNC chairwoman.


Focus of the day story: Conveyancers have welcomed a significant turning point in their lengthy campaign to reform leasehold law, welcoming government proposals to tackle unfair and unreasonable abuse. The Department for Communities and Local Government is concerned that new-build houses are being sold on a leasehold basis to create an income stream from the ground rent, or to generate additional income from selling the freehold interest after contracts are exchanged. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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Thursday

27th July - Law News

2040th 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: This is a special segment of DNA which talks about the end of Mahagathbandhan between Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav. This segment analyses why Nitish Kumar resigned from the post of Bihar province Chief Minister, in India.


Focus of the day story: It’s hard to miss the recent buzz surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), especially in legal tech, with many of the top 200 firms utilising the technology in some manner. But what about the smaller firms? Do they need AI? Can their infrastructure cope with AI? Full story - Legal Futures

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Wednesday

26th July - Law News

2039th 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: With smoking in decline in much of the developed world, tobacco companies are putting their hopes in new markets where populations are growing quickly and regulations can still be contested in the courts.


Focus of the day story:   Guidance needed over new risk-based anti-money laundering regulations. Firms urged to start re-assessing risk and reviewing existing policies. Full story - Solicitors Journal

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Tuesday

25th July - Law News

2038th 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: Yazidi survivor: 'I was raped every day for six months'. Nearly three years ago, so-called Islamic State fighters swept through northern Iraq, where the country’s oldest ethnic minority were living - the Yazidis. Many of the men were shot, while the women and children were kidnapped, taken as hostage and raped.

Focus of the day story:  Despite Charlie Gard’s tragic story, we must respect the process of our courts. The judicial process is not infallible, but even heartbreaking decisions must not lead us to undermine the reasoned process that protects all of our rights. Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

24th July - Law News

2037th 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: O.J. Simpson, 70, appeals for his freedom after almost nine years in prison. The verdict is in and O.J. Simpson has been granted parole.


Focus of the day story: The number of new clinical negligence claims against the NHS fell 2.5% to 10,686 in the year 2016–17, new figures have revealed. However, the amount paid to claimant lawyers rose by 19% to £498.5m. And the amount of damages the NHS paid out rose £132m (14%) to £1.08bn, according to the first annual report of NHS Resolution (formerly known as the NHS Litigation Authority). Obstetric claims represented 10% of clinical claims but accounted for 50% of the total value of new claims reported. Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

23rd July - Law News

2036th 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: In an early morning tweetstorm, President Trump derided leaks within the US government, while claiming that the president has the "complete power to pardon." It raises interesting possibilities of the former reality TV host of pardoning his aides, family and even himself.



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Saturday

22nd July - Law News

2035th 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 late-night emergency cabinet meeting was called in Israel as tension heightened around the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The site in occupied East Jerusalem has again been the scene of violent protests. The anger has been building since Israel imposed security measures there.



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