Friday

14th June - Law News

2725th 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: PNG authorities are calling on the Australian government to do something with the asylum seekers on Manus Island, as refugees say there is an unprecedented mental health crisis unfolding, with reports 50 men have self-harmed in recent weeks.


Focus of the Day Article:
Pinsent Masons has collaborated with The School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London to launch the International Arbitration Survey 2019.
Full story - THe Global Legal Post

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Thursday

13th June - Law News

2724th 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: Leading children’s charity NSPCC has cut ties with Munroe Bergdorf a trans rights activist. Three daysOn the 25th anniversary of the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin explains what it was like to be in the courtroom during the murder trial of O.J. Simpson.


Focus of the Day Article:
The High Court has significantly reduced a party’s costs in a case which will be regarded as a new authority on rules around proportionality. In Malmsten v Bohinc, The Honourable Mr Justice Marcus Smith slashed the appellant’s sum of £47,500 to £15,000, after finding the costs incurred in making a section 306 Companies Act application had been excessive.

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Wednesday

12th June - Law News

2723rd 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: Leading children’s charity NSPCC has cut ties with Munroe Bergdorf a trans rights activist. Three days later, she says she is still in the dark about why it happened. In a statement, the NSPCC said Ms Bergdorf "has supported the most recent phase of Childline's campaign which aims to support children with LGBTQ+ concerns" but she would have "no ongoing relationship with Childline or the NSPCC".


Focus of the Day Article:
The professional indemnity insurance (PII) market is challenging for renewals this year, but firms can help persuade jittery underwriters of their case for cover by showing that they have taken steps to mitigate risk, last week’s Legal Futures Regulation and Compliance Conference was told.
Meanwhile, the post-LASPO landscape is concerning insurers, who wanted to know how personal injury (PI) firms planned to fill expected income gaps safely.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

11th June - Law News

2722nd 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: Police violently cracked down on protesters and arrested at least 15 after hundreds blocked a downtown street in Tel Aviv late Friday following the cancellation of a trance music festival. Protesters had gathered on Rabin Square after police canceled Doof music festival citing intelligence, that drugs were planned to be sold at the venue in Golan Heights. "[They canceled the event] less than 24 hours before the event was about to begin, after they [the organizers] worked on it for 6 months, investing hundreds of thousands of Israeli shekels, they paid the police for security and had all the licenses," said a trance music producer. In a bid to reverse the police's decision, organizers had appealed to both the Nazareth Magistrate's Court and Israeli Supreme Court but were rejected.


Focus of the Day Article:
Reported rapes have soared, but cases reaching court have plummeted. That’s why women’s groups are taking legal action. The CPS is denying justice to thousands by secretly changing rape prosecution rules.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

10th June - Law News

2721st 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: Full explaination of the process required to remove US Presidet Donald Trump from office on the charges of colluding with Russia.


Focus of the Day Article:
Plans to extend fixed recoverable costs to civil cases valued between £25,000 and £100,000 will tilt the balance of power even further in favour of defendants, personal injury lawyers have warned.
Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

9th June - Law News

2720th 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 African Union (AU) has suspended Sudan days after the military launched a brutal crackdown on protesters that killed dozens of people. The AU's Peace and Security Department said in a post on Twitter on Thursday that Sudan's participation in all AU activities would be suspended with immediate effect - "until the effective establishment of a civilian-led transitional authority" as the only way to "exit from the current crisis".



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