Thursday

4th October - Law News

2474th 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: In Birmingham, there's only really one question in the air. Will the disagreements on how the UK removes itself from the EU tear the party apart? The Chancellor, the Brexit Secretary and the Scottish party leader have all appealed for dissenters to get on board with the Prime Minister's Chequers plan. But judging by the mood at numerous fringe meetings, they're going to have their work cut out.
 

Focus of the Day Article:
Law firms face a tight turnaround to publish price and service information for consumers and small businesses, the Law Society of England and Wales has warned after the Solicitors Regulation Authority published guidance on regulations coming into force in December. ’Many firms that provide legal services to consumers and small businesses will be required to act quickly to comply with these new rules,’ Society president Christina Blacklaws said. Given the short time some firms have to cover a lot of ground – and the uncertainty surrounding what adjustments they may have to make for Brexit – we’d encourage the SRA to take a light approach to enforcement in the first months.’


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Wednesday

3rd October - Law News

2473rd 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 Kavanaugh hearings and #MeToo movement are shaping conversations high school students are having about sex. As part of the BBC's Ask America project we talked to teenagers involved in Change the Talk, a Los Angeles programme bringing peer-to-peer sexual violence education into high schools.
 

Focus of the Day Article:
Reports of sexual harassment at the Bar are not turning into formal complaints to barristers’ regulator, new figures have shown. The Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) annual enforcement report said it received just eight complaints about sexual harassment in the year to 31 March 2018, compared to none at all the previous year.
Full story - Legal Futures


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Tuesday

2nd October - Law News

2472nd 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: We are freeing up solicitors to practice outside law firms - giving them the flexibility to offer services to the public in new ways.
 

Focus of the Day Article:
  A full review of the treatment of rape in the justice system is needed. A fall in the number of rape charges gives enormous cause for concern when added to the Guardian’s recent investigations.
Full story -Guardian Law


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Monday

1st October - Law News

2471st 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: A new Mosque has been opened in Hamburg in a building that used to be a protestant church. During the renovation that took five years, a lot's been said about multiculturalism and integration.
 

Focus of the Day Article:
 The Chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has hit out at ‘completely unacceptable’ delays to £15m fee increases promised by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The MoJ is currently consulting on the spending increase, which would be fed into the advocates’ graduated fee scheme (AGFS) for criminal defence advocates in the Crown Court. The MoJ promised the extra money at a meeting with the CBA in May, in return for criminal barristers suspending their protest action.
Full story - New Law Journal



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Sunday

30th September - Law News

2470th 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 United States is calling on Myanmar to investigate human rights abuses against Muslim-majority Rohingya, and hold its military accountable. It comes on the same day that human rights groups are urging for the release of two jailed journalists there who helped expose the abuses.



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Saturday

29th September - Law News

2469th 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: Another landmark judgement by the Indian Supreme Court today ended a ban on the entry of women at Sabarimala Temple. Women between the ages of 10 and 50 were not allowed inside the temple because they menstruate. The reactions to the judgement are mixed, leading us to ask: Can reason and faith co-exist?



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Friday

28th September - Law News

2468th 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: An emotional and, at times defiant, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he is innocent of the sexual assault allegations made against him by Christine Blasey Ford. There are now four women who have allegations against him.


Focus of the Day Article:
Litigation finance: Could law firms remodel to take on hedge funds? Hedge funds are making sizeable returns from the proceeds of litigation. But could law firms play them at their own game?
Full story - The Global Legal Post

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