Monday

12th November - Law News

2513th 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: Dozens of world leaders have arrived in France on the invitation of French President Macron to join commemorative events marking the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI.

Focus of the Day Article:
Solicitors have expressed concern about a hike in probate fees to as high as £6,000. The proposals, announced in a written statement by justice minister Lucy Frazer this week, are to replace the existing flat fee for probate of £155 for those applying with a solicitor or £215 for individuals with a sliding scale of fees. 
Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

11th November - Law News

2512th 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: Three million Venezuelans have fled their country's economic and political crisis since 2015. Many are walking for thousands of kilometres through Colombia to cross the Andes Mountain range, in search of a better life. No point on the route is more dangerous than the Berlin Paramo where the freezing air makes it increasingly difficult to move forward.



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Saturday

10th November - Law News

2511th 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: After Allahabad and Faizabad in India were renamed by the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government as Prayagraj and Ayodhya respectively, there is a growing clamour to change the names of more cities. BJP lawmaker Jagan Prasad Garg has demanded that Agra be renamed as "Agravan" or "Agrawal".



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Friday

9th November - Law News

2510th 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: Northern Territory Police were called to respond to a major disturbance at Darwin's Don Dale youth detention centre on Tuesday night where a fire later broke out. The facility was surrounded by emergency crews, including ambulance officers and firefighters who were called out to the incident just before 7:00pm. A Northern Territory Hazardous Chemicals vehicle also attended the scene. A number of detainees were seen on the roof earlier in the evening, with what appeared to be smoke visible at the entry of the centre. By 10:00pm two buildings appeared to be ablaze. Just after midnight, multiple detainees were seen being escorted from the facility in police vehicles.


Focus of the Day Article:
The only female Afghan-born barrister practising in England and Wales revealed yesterday that she had been asked by a solicitor to return her brief because the client wanted “a white male barrister”.
Lawyers on Twitter exploded with anger after Rehana Popal of 10 King’s Bench Walk tweeted what had happened.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Thursday

8th November - Law News

2509th 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: Her son is just 1, but she knows soon he will be perceived as a “big black boy.” Can she overcome the “systems” she feels are in place to oppress her young son?


Focus of the Day Article:
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has reminded firms handling conveyancing transactions that every effort must be made to avoid any hint of conflict. Greater Manchester firm Sleigh Son & Booth was fined £2,000 at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal last month for failing to secure informed written consent from clients about acting where a potential conflict may arise. 

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Wednesday

7th November - Law News

2508th 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: As the Prime Minster tries to deliver a Brexit deal that works for the country as whole, we reveal what the British people think of the likely deal on offer. Channel 4 commissioned the largest independent survey of attitudes across the whole of the UK conducted since the referendum, asking 20,000 people drawn from every UK constituency for their views, and put the results to politicians and those who stand to gain, or lose, most from the outcome; all before a live studio audience.


Focus of the Day Article:
UK reform efforts start to tackle online abuse. Reform of the criminal law needed to protect victims from online abuse, which is now commonplace, says the UK Law Commission.
Full story - The Global Legal Post

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Tuesday

6th November - Law News

2507th 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 Kenya's south-eastern Tana River region, baby girls in the Oromo community are engaged on the day they are born. Parents of the children say the tradition ensures the girl's future is secure, and that it builds strong relationships between families and communities.


Focus of the Day Article:
If the police can’t tackle ‘minor’ crimes, how long before we take it upon ourselves? As private security firms proliferate there’s a danger we’ll lose the rule of law
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

5th November - Law News

2506th 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: Over 5,000 Palestinians are imprisoned in Israel with more than 500 serving life sentences for terror-related offences. They are often forbidden from having any kind of physical contact with their family. This has led the wives of some prisoners concerned about their bloodline to resort to radical methods.



Focus of the Day Article:
Austerity was used as an excuse to ‘over-cut’ the justice budget, the Bar Council has implied, in a report that reveals the shattering consequences of a decade of disinvestment in legal aid.
The report, Justice in the age of austerity, by Professor Martin Chalkley, was launched at a Justice Week event, just days after the Chancellor of the Exchequer cut Ministry of Justice (MoJ) funding by £300m to £6bn per year in his Autumn Budget.
Full story - New Law Journal

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