Thursday

20th September - Law News

2460th 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: Marooned on a British army base for nearly 20 years. The future of five families from Sudan, Ethiopia, Syria and Iraq - 10 adults and 17 children, recognised as refugees - will be decided by the UK's most senior judges. They were shipwrecked off the coast of Cyprus in 1998, rescued by the RAF, housed on a military base but repeatedly denied resettlement in Britain. We have been to Cyprus to see how these families have survived two decades in limbo while both countries dispute which is ultimately responsible for them.

Focus of the Day Article:
Suspects detained under latest terrorism legislation making its way through parliament could be questioned for an hour unaccompanied by a solicitor, the Law Society has warned. Even then, the onus is on the detainee to request a solicitor and consultations would not be private, Chancery Lane added. The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill will have its second reading in the House of Lords next month. Chancery Lane has flagged up multiple concerns that appear to undermine suspects' rights to legal advice.

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Wednesday

19th September - Law News

2459th 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: Law firms are an attractive target for criminals . Firms often hold large amounts of money and valuable client information. We explore the biggest cyber-security risks and what steps you can take to protect your firm.

Focus of the Day Article:
The husband in a divorce dispute cannot pay his lawyers a pound without paying a pound to his wife’s solicitors, the High Court has ruled.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

18th September - Law News

2458th 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: While discussing allegations of physical and sexual assault against Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh, CNN commentator Symone Sanders reveals why the debate feels personal to her.

Focus of the Day Article:
Rising numbers of care applications and legal aid cuts have put the system under strain. Privacy must be balanced against the public’s right to know what is going on.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

17th September - Law News

2457th 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: RT recounts the rise and fall of Pyotr Pavlensky, who used to garner international praise and support for staging anti-Putin ‘performances’ and is now complaining that the French prison he is in is worse than the Russian one

Focus of the Day Article:
Justice Secretary David Gauke has delighted family lawyers by publishing a much-anticipated consultation on no-fault divorce—and has proposed a six-month minimum timeframe.
Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

16th September - Law News

2456th 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: Thirty members of the Emergency Response Centre International, or ERCI, in Greece have been charged with trafficking refugees. The accused include a former Olympic swimmer who helped save the lives of 18 people when their boat sank. Private search-and-rescue groups have become controversial as the refugees and asylum seekers they save from drowning at sea are brought to European shores at a time that European nations are attempting to stop the flow of migrants.

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Saturday

15th September - Law News

2455th 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 families of 14 people who died in the suicide attack that killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 have objected to the Tamil Nadu cabinet's recommendation to release seven life convicts who have served 27 years in jail.
 


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Friday

14th September - Law News

2454th 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: This week marks a decade since the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression. What became known as the Global Financial Crisis saw banks collapse and even whole countries teeter on the brink of insolvency. While much of the world fell into prolonged recession, Australia's economy narrowly avoided that fate - but 10 years on, many individual Australians are still paying the price. Now, there are new warnings from financial insiders that the global economy could be even more vulnerable to a repeat meltdown.
 

Focus of the Dar Article:
Law firms taking the pledge on mental health. ABA calls on firms to pledge to tackle lawyer mental-health and substance-use issues.
Full story - The Global Legal Post


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Thursday

13th September - Law News

2453nd 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 Washington Post is reporting that President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is in talks with special counsel Robert Mueller about a possible plea just days before his second trial.
 

Focus of the Dar Article:
As the government prepares to convince practitioners of the benefits of moving remand hearings for defendants in custody out of court and into a 'video space', research released by HM Courts & Tribunals Service has revealed significant concerns from those on the front line. A reply to an FoI request by former magistrate Penelope Gibbs, director of Transform Justice, reveals that HMCTS published a 'user research report' last December based on a 'condensed two-week discovery' to understand what defendants, lawyers, police, probation and judges require from virtual remand hearings.


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