Friday

8th February - Law News

2600th 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: For many in El Salvador, the options are few: Journey north to try to cross into America illegally, or live in fear at home. This video explores how rampant gang violence is pushing Salvadorans into perilous migrant caravans.


Focus of the Day story:
The Ministry of Justice has spent more than half its allocated budget for court modernisation, the department confirmed today. An update provided for the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee stated that by the end of 2018/19 the government will have spent £546m, achieving with benefits so far worth £158m. The entire programme is expected to cost around £1bn, but the committee stated its concern last year that elements of it still required backing from the Treasury.
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Thursday

7th February - Law News

2599th 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: Syrian refugee George Najarian has been in Australia for two years. So what does he think is the most valuable thing for a refugee?


Focus of the Day story:
The Ministry of Justice has spent more than half its allocated budget for court modernisation, the department confirmed today. An update provided for the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee stated that by the end of 2018/19 the government will have spent £546m, achieving with benefits so far worth £158m. The entire programme is expected to cost around £1bn, but the committee stated its concern last year that elements of it still required backing from the Treasury.

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Wednesday

6th February - Law News

2598th 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: For years, critics of the government's counter-terrorism strategy, the Prevent programme, have claimed it stigmatises the Muslim community. But last year, the number of people referred to Prevent over concerns about far-right extremism rose by more than a third. This programme has been given exclusive access to the first Prevent group aimed at a group of mothers from predominantly white areas of Bradford. Channel 4 News has been speaking to them about why an increasing number of young, white people are vulnerable to radicalisation.


Focus of the Day story:
Solicitors at smaller firms believe that clients’ focus on price is compromising their work and even their ability to uphold the law, a survey has suggested. LexisNexis’s latest Bellwether research said the profession has a “perplexing blindspot” when it came to understanding the important of price for clients that indicated a wider “disconnect” between solicitors and clients.
Full story - Legal Futures
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Tuesday

5th February - Law News

2597th 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: Hundreds of Saudi women flee the conservative kingdom every year and run away to Western countries over allegations of domestic abuse and oppression back home. One popular destination is the UK, where dozens seek asylum every year. Hanan Razek met two people who explain how they risked everything to flee from Saudi Arabia.


Focus of the Day story:
Crime victims get power to challenge prisoners’ release. Outrage over John Worboys case leads to reform of the Parole Board process.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

4th February - Law News

2596th 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: 'Profiting from war crimes' - that's what a new report, by Amnesty International, says tourism companies are doing by listing accommodation in disputed West Bank settlements. The report has prompted one Israeli minister to call for the human rights group to be banned from the country.



Focus of the Day story:
Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme has notched up 30 years on the calendar since its launch in February 1989. The scheme was introduced following public outrage over a series of controversial sentencing decisions, including the 1986 ‘Ealing vicarage rape’ case where a 21-year was raped by burglars at her father’s vicarage.
Full story - New Law Journal 

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Sunday

3rd February - Law News

2595th 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 EU has warned that the "golden passports" being given by Cyprus to wealthy Russian oligarchs will allow organised crime to infiltrate the bloc. Even some established Russian businessmen on the island are concerned, worrying that the new oligarchs do not live in Cyprus and the properties that they are purchasing will become a ghost town. Pressure from the European Commission may bring an end to the "golden passports", but for now, the marina in Limassol is rapidly filling with luxury yachts.


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Saturday

2nd February - Law News

2594th 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: India Union minister Piyush Goyal presented the election year Interim Budget in parliament today and announced major relief for farmers and individual taxpayers. With the Lok Sabha election just months away, the government kept the budget focussed on immediate relief such as easing income tax rules, favourable loan terms for small businesses, farm loan waiver and even direct cash transfers to small farmers. The government said it will send Rs 6,000 to small farmers directly into their bank accounts in a scheme that will be funded 100 per cent by the centre. The programme will cost Rs 75,000 crore.



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Friday

1st February - Law News

2593rd 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: Marianne Williamson, best-selling author and Oprah Winfrey's spiritual guru, is the latest Democrat to jump into the 2020 presidential field, who says she's running to bring a "moral and spiritual awakening" for America

Focus of the Day Article:
The handler of legal complaints in England and Wales is showing tentative signs of improved performance. Data on timeliness, published this week by the Legal Ombudsman, show the organisation steadily improved through the second half of 2018. By December, 45% of all legal cases concluded within 90 days, with 62% concluding within 180 days and 91% within a year. Back in April, just 11% of cases were finished within 90 days – well below the ombudsman’s own target of 26%. The ombudsman still falls short of its target to complete 72% of cases within 180 days, but has improved since April when the proportion was just 46%.
Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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