Tuesday

3rd April - Law News

2290th 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: South African anti-aparteid activist and politician Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died at the age of 81. She was married  to Nelson Mandela throughout his years in prison. A controversial figure, she is seen as a feminist icon amongt many.



Focus of the Day story: The latest Family Court statistics reveal ‘significant pressure’ on the courts, with a record number of private law case disposals where neither party had legal representation, a leading family law solicitor has warned. According to the Family Court quarterly statistics for October to December 2017, 37% of disposals in private law cases involved unrepresented parties on both sides, the highest on record. Full story: New Law Journal

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Monday

2nd April - Law News

2289th 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.

Wishing a very happy Easter break for all our readers and supporters.

Today's Video Focus: Female United Nations staff complained about an assault by male colleagues in a lift or attempts to drag them into a hotel room, but were left with "no faith that their complaints would be addressed".


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Sunday

1st April - Law News

2288th 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.

Wishing a very happy Easter break for all our readers and supporters.

Today's Video Focus: In the wake of the Australian ball-tampering scandal many wonder what the benefit of roughening the ball is. It's all in the swing; why some are willing to risk it all to acquire the elusive swing.


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Saturday

31st March - Law News

2287th 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.

Wishing a very happy Easter break for all our readers and supporters.

Today's Video Focus: From Mexico a report on the demise of a deal to harvest data from a million citizens - cancelled after Channel 4 News began investigating.


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Friday

30th March - Law News

2286th 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.

Wishing a very happy Easter break for all our readers and supporters.

Today's Video Focus: Over the last couple of years, Ram Navami processions in Bengal have acquired a new colour. With the BJP trying to make inroads, there are now sword wielding, trident holding Sangh Parivar supporters who take part in these marches, with their muscular brand of Hindutva on display. This week, it has taken a rather ugly turn, with communal clashes that have killed three people. The state government has refused central forces. The BJP says Mamata Banerjee's appeasement politics is to blame for the flare-up, that the Trinamool Congress is provoking the violence. But Mamata Banerjee hit back saying Ram didn't ask anyone to carry weapons, calling them goons. The tension isn't just in parts of Bengal, it has also spread to Bihar where over 200 people have been arrested. Is this the politics of polarisation at play?




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Thursday

29th March - Law News

2285th 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: Shahmir Sanni, who worked for the official Vote Leave campaign, today breaks cover to raise concerns that the group behind the knife-edge 2016 vote in favour of Brexit – including key figures now working for Theresa May in Downing Street – may have broken the law by flouting referendum spending rules and then attempting to destroy evidence.  Sanni claims that a donation of £625,000 was made by Vote Leave to an independent referendum campaign organisation called BeLeave. Sanni says that the money, which was then channeled to a Canadian digital services firm, AggregateIQ, that has links to the controversial Cambridge Analytica, violated election regulations. The donation was sanctioned by the most senior figures in Vote Leave, including campaign director Dominic Cummings and CEO Matthew Elliott



Focus of the Day Story: The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s application to introduce a centralised ‘super-exam’ for would-be solicitors, despite widespread opposition to the application. In a statement today the LSB said its approval provides the ‘framework upon which the SRA can seek to introduce new requirements for anyone wishing to qualify as a solicitor’. It means the SRA can now start the process of implementing the proposed Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). The new examination is due to replace the LPC from 2020. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


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Wednesday

28th March - Law News

2284th 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: Art experts in the Netherlands are trying to use their skills to help the country acknowledge some of its colonial legacy. A leading museum in Amsterdam has been investigating a number of precious objects taken from former colonies. Some Dutch see the project as a way to better understand their history and come to terms with their past, including dark aspects of it.

Focus of the Day Story: Dinners at the Inns of Court will remain part of the world of prospective barristers after the Bar Standards Board (BSB) decided to maintain the role of the inns in their training. But in the light of cases where barristers and students have been found to have lied about their qualifications, the regulator is introducing greater checks on students’ backgrounds. A BSB consultation published last October raised the prospect of a major overhaul of its relationship with the inns, but the outcome issued last week indicated that the status quo will continue. Full story - Legal Futures


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