Wednesday

4th December - Law News

2899th 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:  In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, an alternative climate conference is taking place that brings together youth activists, indigenous leaders, scientists and forest dwellers. In a region known as Middle Earth, they are building a new alliance and demonstrating that the rainforest is central to life on Earth, even though Brazil backed out of hosting this year's official UN climate talks after the election of Jair Bolsonaro as president.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Lawyers’ devotion to billable hours has stopped truly disruptive technology from changing the way legal services are delivered, with some law firms cynically misleading clients with press releases about buying cutting-edge tech. Full story: Legal Futures

Tuesday

3rd December - Law News

2898th 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:  A Norwegian pensioner convicted of spying in Moscow says he was wrong to trust an intelligence officer who recruited him to pass on payment for secrets about Russia’s atomic submarine fleet. Frode Berg has just returned home after complex negotiations led him being included in a spy swap between Russia and Lithuania. His arrest and conviction for espionage has caused controversy in Norway, where many criticise the Nato country’s use of a civilian in risky intelligence operations - especially when tensions between the West and Russia are so high.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Rendition: refusal to hold UK public inquiry to face judicial review. High court judge grants permission for challenge by David Davis and others. Full story: Guardian Law

Monday

2nd December - Law News

2897th 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:  Azerbaijani customs seized some 933kg of heroin hidden in trucks belonging to an Iranian company delivering fruit. The vehicles were crossing the Azerbaijani border to get to Ukraine.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Arbitration is the best way to resolve international construction disputes, global research among in-house counsel has found. Full story: New Law Journal

Sunday

1st December - Law News

2896th 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:  A court in Bangladesh has just sentenced seven people to death for one of the worst attacks in the country's history. Twenty-two people died in the siege on the Holey Artisan cafe in the capital Dhaka in 2016. Nearly all the victims were foreigners. An eighth person has been acquitted.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Saturday

30th November - Law News

2895th 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:  Pragya Thakur apologised twice in parliament today amid a massive controversy over the BJP MP's remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse. "I didn't call Nathuram Godse a patriot. I apologise if sentiments are hurt," she said in the Lok Sabha, speaking for the second time. She had earlier said that her comments were "twisted" by the opposition and apologised for hurting sentiments with her comments.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Friday

29th November - Law News

2894th 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:  Writer and activist Tariq Ali explains why the antisemitism accusations against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn are totally unfounded and how the vast majority of accusers are from conservative backgrounds and oppose Palestinian people's right to self-determination.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Hong Kong's law society takes unusual step of commenting in relation to ongoing case to express confidence in judiciary and assert rule of law. Full story: The Global Legal Post

Thursday

28th November - Law News

2893rd 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:  The Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme has the mission to improve the quality of life of Australians living with permanent disability and their carers. But some families say the scheme has only made their lives more difficult, saddling them with extra work and complexity.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: The Solicitors Regulation Authority has agreed to delay rules that would have eased restrictions on how solicitors can provide immigration advice to the public. Full story: The Law Society Gazette

 

Wednesday

27th November - Law News

2892nd 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:  Why tax cuts for the US rich are so utterly meaningless because the benefit never trickles down to the downtrodden. Could this be true in the rest of the capitalist world as well?

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: According to recent consumer-facing research, reputation and trust are the most important factors when it comes to choosing a law firm. The results are from the largest independently conducted experience research project in the legal sector, involving almost 70,000 satisfaction surveys and 5,000 experience reviews. The research was undertaken by LawNet, the collaborative non-profit network for independent law firms, as part of its ISO 9001 audited Excellence Mark. Full story: Legal Futures