Monday

8th October - Law News

2478th 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: Brett Kavanaugh has become the fifth conservative judge in America’s highest court, after being narrowly confirmed by senators and quickly sworn in amid protests in the aftermath of sexual assault allegations against him.
 

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The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) is consulting heads of chambers about potentially resuming direct action protests unless the government fulfils its promise of extra funds. In May, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) offered criminal barristers an extra £15m for publicly funded defence work in the Crown Court in return for the Bar suspending its boycott of reforms to the Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme.
Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

7th October - Law News

2477th 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: Campaigners determined to prevent attacks are this year's Nobel peace prize winners From Hollywood's metoo movement to the distinguished Nobel Peace Prize, more light is being shed on the prevalence of sexual violence - both in war and peace. The UN has called gender-based violence a global pandemic. A recent United Nations study found sexual violence continues to be employed as a tactic of war and a tool of political repression. Sexual violence is not only prevalent on the battlefields of war but can also be experienced at home or work. Will the presitigious award provide a much larger platform for survivors of sexual violence everywhere?
 


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Saturday

6th October - Law News

2476th 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: Former TV anchor and producer Suhaib Ilyasi who was sentenced to life in jail for the murder of his wife 18 years ago, was acquitted by the Delhi High Court today. Ilyasi, who became a household name as the host of popular crime show "India's Most Wanted", had appealed against his conviction and imprisonment. The 52-year-old's daughter Aaliya, who was in court when the verdict came, said she always had trust in her father. "I am very very happy. I am not able to express myself much right now. For all this while, we were silent about it because the judgement was yet to come. We have suffered a lot but I trust my father completely and I had always trusted him," she said.
 



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Friday

5th October - Law News

2475th 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 Donald Trump’s version of how he got rich, he was the master dealmaker who parlayed a $1 million loan from his father into a $10 billion empire. But our investigation shows that in every era of Mr. Trump’s life, his finances were deeply intertwined with, and dependent upon, his father’s wealth, receiving the equivalent of over $400 million from his father’s real estate empire.
 

Focus of the Day Article:
To retain public confidence judges cannot stand ‘aloof’ from society, warned the Lord Chief Justice, as he called for a ‘measured expansion of livestreaming and broadcasting’ of proceedings.
Speaking at the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association annual conference in Australia, Lord Justice Burnett urged judges to engage more with the public and media. He said: ‘The judiciary invites misunderstanding or incomprehension if it stands completely apart and aloof from society.’
Full story - Counsel Magazine


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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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