Saturday

19th January - Law News

2580th 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: 15 Indians trapped in Iraq; They spent four months in an alien country with no job, shelter or food. Help was hard to come by, and the memories of their families back home were fading rapidly in a haze of broken dreams and desert sand. Making things worse was the constant fear of being thrown into prison, given that their visas had expired months ago.




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Friday

18th January - Law News

2579th 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: Find out what it means to be part of a team who resolve complaints & investigate solicitors / law firms when things go wrong.


Focus of the Day Article:
The continuing problem of care proceedings relating to children of parents who have already had previous children removed from their care: what is to be done?
Full story - Family Law Week

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Thursday

17th January - Law News

2578th 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 battle over U.S. immigration policy and President Trump’s demands for a border wall rages in Congress, migrants are growing more desperate by the day. We went to Tijuana, Mexico, to witness the dilemmas families hoping to cross the border are facing.


Focus of the Day Article:
The Legal Aid Agency will have to gear up for another High Court showdown after a civil liberties group was granted permission to challenge the lack of public funding to help homeless people targeted by protection orders aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour.

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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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