Thursday

22nd February - Law News

2250th 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 Focus: The brutal rape of a 23-year-old student on a bus in Delhi shocked the world. The victim, who became known as Nirbhaya (‘fearless’), succumbed to her injuries two weeks later, but not before giving testimonies against her attackers. Her death provoked outrage and protests across India as people demanded dramatic improvements to women’s rights. But five years on, has anything really changed? We revisit the city to ask women what they think


Focus of the Day Story: Barristers are less happy in their working lives than staff in the National Health Service, with stress and a failure of chambers to help with pressures outside work among major concerns. According to the results of two surveys, one on quality of working life and the other on the courts' flexible operating hours (FOH) proposal, barristers said they are unsatisfied with their working life, the conditions they work in, and how they will be able to manage if plans to introduce evening and early morning sittings at courts are introduced. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


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Wednesday

21st February - Law News

2249th 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 Focus: Recently-discovered secret govt documents have shed light on the practice of forced sterilization in Japan. It affected thousands of people with mental or physical health issues.


Focus of the Day Story: Campaigners call for 'upskirting' law for England and Wales. Ministry of Justice says legislation around the issue is under ‘constant review’. Full story - Guardian Law


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Tuesday

20th February - Law News

2248th 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 Focus: "Go back to where you came from!" Australians on Asylum Seekers and Multiculturalism.


Focus of the Day Story: The mechanism of Child Contact Interventions is a rare and precious resource when it comes to Child Arrangements Orders. Child Contact Interventions can have an incredibly positive effect in Private Children proceedings, yet are restricted in application. This is to the detriment of many children in so-called "intractable hostility" cases. Full story - Family Law Week


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Monday

19th February - Law News

2247th 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 Focus: Despite its reputation as a haven for refugees, Canada has been deporting North Korean asylum seekers who came to the country through South Korea. Nearly 2,000 have been sent away since 2013 because the government says they lied on their asylum application forms.


Focus of the Day Story: Court hearings via video are to be piloted this spring, starting with tax appeals. HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) said it was writing to potential participants this week to invite them to take part in the pilot. The video hearings will take place over the internet, with each participant logging in from a location of their choice, using a webcam and, for the purposes of the pilot, the judge located in the courtroom. Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

18th February - Law News

2246th 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 Focus Americans represent 4% of the world's population, but own 48% of privately held guns. John Barron from ABC's Planet America gives you the facts when it comes to guns in America.



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Saturday

17th February - Law News

2245th 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 Focus Story: A G.O.P. Guide to Mass Shootings; The simple plan for the N.R.A's servants to follow if they want to avoid doing anything about gun violence.




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Friday

16th February - Law News

2244th 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 Focus Story: It is the biggest bank fraud scam till date and at the heart of it is Nirav Modi, the jeweller to the rich and famous who along with corrupt bank officials allegedly fleeced over Rs 11,300 crore rupees in seven years, and now can't be traced. Just like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi too easily flew out of the country before the authorities could tighten the noose. The scam which has shaken up the banking sector to the core has also triggered a political earthquake. The opposition Congress has launched a scathing attack on PM Narendra Modi for letting "Chhota Modi" get away while the ruling BJP says the fraud took place under Congress' watch. Watch a reality check of the great Indian bank heist.



Focus of the Day Story: The Nuffield Foundation has today set out its plans to establish a Family Justice Observatory that will support the best possible decisions for children by improving the use of data and research evidence in the family justice system in England and Wales. A 12-month development phase will begin in March this year, delivered by a team appointed by the Foundation. The development phase will build the infrastructure and operating model for the Observatory, followed by a 4-5 year pilot delivery phase, to begin in spring 2019. Full story - Family Law Week

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