Monday

25th November - Law News

2890th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Eight soldiers were taken hostage in clashes with protesters in the city of Cochabamba on Saturday, with seven eventually being rescued. Arturo Murillo, a government minister, said the soldiers were guarding a caravan of dump trucks trying to unload at a city dump when residents of the K'ara K'ara neighbourhood waited for them with sticks and stones, refused to let them pass, and took eight hostages.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Litigation clients in London are shelving meetings if their lawyers fail to value diversity and inclusion (D&I), the president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA) has said. Full story: New Law Journal

Sunday

24th November - Law News

2889th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges, raising more uncertainty over who will ultimately lead a country mired in political chaos after two inconclusive elections this year. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced the decision in a statement on Thursday. The charges included bribery, breach of trust, and fraud. Netanyahu has vehemently denied all the allegations, calling the corruption investigation a "witch-hunt" and alleging it has been motivated by his enemies' desire to force him from office.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Saturday

23rd November - Law News

2888th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Comparisons are odious but this one tells a tale. At the Banaras Hindu University, a Sanskrit professor has been facing resistance from a section of students because he is a Muslim. Last week, while these students were engaged in a sit-protest against the appointment of Professor Firoze Khan, just 600 km away another Muslim professor was welcomed at the Ram Krishna Mission Vidyamandira in West Bengal's Belur.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Friday

22nd November - Law News

2887th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Timber workers say they are worried about the impact the planned shutdown of Victoria's native logging industry will have on regional communities and the state's ability to fight bushfires. The Government is "stepping down" the industry because it says the sustainable supply of native timber is running out due to over-logging, bushfire damage and native species protection. There are warnings from some within the sector and from environment groups that there is not even enough timber to last until 2024.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Survey reveals law departments are showing caution on hiring and spending in 2019 as fears mount of US recession. Full story: The Global Legal Post

Thursday

21st November - Law News

2886th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Rana Foroohar is a business columnist for the Financial Times, analyst for CNN and author. Her most recent book, ‘Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech’, addresses the question, how did the tech industry get to dominate our world so completely? Rana talks to Krishnan about the darker side of digital technology, why tech firms are the new banks and what can be done to stop the tech world getting out of control.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: A retired senior judge has evoked Hitler in a furious riposte to a former Law Society president over the Supreme Court’s decision in the prorogation of parliament casy. Full story: The Law Society Gazette
 

Wednesday

20th November - Law News

2885th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  An interview with Austin Ramzy, one of the New York Times' reporters who worked on a story based on more than 400 pages of leaked sensitive Chinese Communist Party documents that link President Xi Jinping to the country's mass detention centers in the far western region of Xinjiang.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Blockchain and smart contracts were given a major boost towards becoming a standard method for securely storing and transferring cryptoassets yesterday, when the expert panel charged with giving the technology legal certainty declared they should be treated in principal as property. Full story: Legal Futures
 

Tuesday

19th November - Law News

2884th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Operation Northmoor was set up in 2014 to examine allegations of executions by British Special Forces. It had linked dozens of suspicious killings on night raids. One of those included three children and a 20-year-old man who were killed by a British soldier in 2012 in the village of Loy Bagh in Afghanistan. British detectives have now told Panorama that Special Forces tried to cover-up what happened to avoid being prosecuted for war crimes.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: War crimes claims against UK troops need ICC scrutiny, says Labour. Ministers urged to answer allegation that they stifled war crimes investigations. Full story: Guardian Law

Monday

18th November - Law News

2883rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  US anti-war activist has been threatened with arrest. Medea Benjamin was accused of assaulting a member of congress during a protest in Washington DC.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Nearly 60% of expert witnesses believe judges should have powers to permanently disqualify experts who don’t understand their role. Full story: New Law Journal