Wednesday

16th January - Law News

2577th 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 is the moment MPs voted resoundingly against the prime minister's Brexit deal by 432 votes to 202. We analyse what this could mean for Theresa May, the government and for the future of Brexit.


Focus of the Day Article:
Chartered legal executives operate on a par with solicitors and it is only “professional snobbery” stopping them from being part of the solution to many current systemic problems, their representative body has argued.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

15th January - Law News

2576th 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: More than a third of Lebanon's population are refugees. Storm Norma's left many of their homes flooded. Refugees are now receiving emergency relief


Focus of the Day Article:
Four single mothers win high court benefits battle against DWP. Women succeed with action over ‘fundamental problem’ with universal credit system.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

14th January - Law News

2575th 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: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Nantes and Strasbourg on Saturday, as the 'Yellow Vest' demonstrations entered their ninth week.



Focus of the Day Article:
The Bar Council has published a video on the tragic story of Nicholas Harry’s struggle to fund legal representation for the inquest into the death of his 19-month old son, Sam, as part of a series on real-life examples of hardship caused by legal aid cuts.
Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

13th January - Law News

2574th 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 Brazil, a state governor is refusing to back down on his prison reforms - despite retaliation from organised criminal gangs. Prisons built to hold captured gang members have instead become centres of power for the criminal syndicates and authorities have vowed that must not be allowed. The gangs launched a wave of attacks in Ceara state, prompting President Bolsonaro to send in national troops and the state government to crack down on the prisons even further.



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Saturday

12th January - Law News

2573rd 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 India's Assam, Police today registered a case of sedition against three activists in an apparent attempt to quell the ongoing protests against the controversial Citizen Amendment Bill-2016. The bill, passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, aims to grant citizenship rights to non-Muslim migrants from three neighbouring countries. The three -- Dr Hiren Gohain, Akhil Gogoi and Manjit Mahanta -- are spearheading the protests in Guwahati.



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Friday

11th January - Law News

2572nd 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 Assam, India’s far east, wild Indian elephants are in deadly, daily conflict with a booming India. Siobhan Heanue follows the deadly clashes as roaming elephant herds get squeezed by shrinking forests and a growing human population. Animal attacks account for dozens of human deaths annually in Assam, but as the human death count grows so too does the elephant death rate as a result of human conflict.


Focus of the Day Article:
Black/African-Americans associates lag behind in US law firms. Despite Gains in Overall Representation of Women, Minorities, and LGBT Lawyers at Firms, Gains for Black/African-American Attorneys Lag.
Full story - The Global Legal Post


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Thursday

10th January - Law News

2571st 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:  CNN's Jim Acosta says President Donald Trump's address to the nation about immigration and border security was recycled rhetoric from the President's rallies and should come with a Surgeon General's warning that it's hazardous to the truth.


Focus of the Day Article:
The number of trainee solicitors working for less than the recommended minimum salary is at its lowest point for three years, new figures show - though a quarter of trainees still say they earn below minimum levels. According to figures due to be published today, 25% of trainees are paid below the recommended minimum levels. This compares to 31% in 2016 and 35% in 2018 – a 28% decrease in one year.
Full story - The Law Society Gazette


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