Wednesday

1st April - Law News

3018th 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:  Scientists may still be learning about the virus that has swept across the world but they do appear to be united on one fact: lockdowns can slow the spread. But Brazil's far-right leader President Jair Bolsonaro has refused to be socially distant. Critics say his behaviour is criminally irresponsible.


Focus of the Day story: A project has gone live enabling the global justice community to share experiences of developing remote alternatives to physical court hearings in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, spearheaded by Professor Richard Susskind. Remote Courts Worldwide is a collaborative project involving the Society for Computers and Law – of which Professor Susskind is present – the UK LawTech Delivery Panel, and Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS). Full story - Legal Futures
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Tuesday

31st March - Law News

3017th 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:  There are now 9,000 patients with coronavirus in hospitals across England. A quarter of doctors are ill or self isolating. The new Nightingale Hospital in east London will begin taking its first 500 patients this week and will soon have room for 4,000. The government’s chief scientific adviser says the number of infections and deaths will continue to rise over the next two to three weeks.


Focus of the Day story: A former supreme court justice has heavily criticised Derbyshire police for stopping people exercising in the Peak District saying that such behaviour risks plunging Britain into a “police state”. Lord Sumption warned that police had no legal power to enforce “ministers’ wishes” and that the public should not be “resigning their liberty” to over-zealous citizens in uniform. Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

30th March - Law News

3016th 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:  Protesters' encampment in central Beirut was dismantled after riot police removed dozens of demonstrators from the site, according to reports. Encampment was set on fire at Riad al-Solh Square and firefighters attempted to extinguish it, amid conflicting reports about how the blaze began.


Focus of the Day story: As law firms adjust to working life during COVID-19, Jersey firm Bedell Cristin has sworn its first virtual affidavit. Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

29th March - Law News

3015th 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:  After more than two months of lockdown, restrictions are being eased in China's Wuhan city. That is the place where the new coronavirus outbreak began. People are now allowed to enter the city but its 11 million residents are barred from leaving until April 8.


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  • Senior officers are seeking even wider powers, including fining parents if their teenage children breach the lockdown https://t.co/PtQprhP9G7 
  • Boy and two men arrested after coronavirus-related assaults https://t.co/fnZh4OpjmL
  • Home Office to hold on evicting asylum seekers during lockdown https://t.co/al5QDCnajn
  • Is factory farming to blame for coronavirus? https://t.co/or06VfvBb2 
  • Zaghari-Ratcliffe's leave from prison to be extended by two weeks #Iran https://t.co/t9eeVg8Oqn
  • We must take drastic action but let’s not turn into a nation of little tyrants https://t.co/b5HhANt86G 
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/yyetLIKvS
  • Privatising children's homes is 'playing into the hands of abusers' https://t.co/O9FfqbwDS8 
  • Religious fundamentalist politicians from #India's ruling party claiming cow urine and cow dung could cure coronavirus https://t.co/936neF4DIn
  • Coronavirus lockdown in #India: ‘Beaten and abused for doing my job’ - the beginning of the fall of PM Modi? https://t.co/fGhmFQVSxO
  • #India's government defiant as millions struggle under lockdown https://t.co/9h2NAFuymg 
  • OneWeb blames pandemic for collapse https://t.co/0T8CiEe5nP
  • 'Focus on the things you can control: how to cope with radical uncertainty', and turn into Hitler? Or let go of the idea of control & be a Sufi https://t.co/3uVskrAEGU
  • New restrictions on funerals are adding to the heartbreak of bereaved families https://t.co/gd5u3lmdOJ
  • In the space of a month, the United Kingdom has transformed beyond recognition. And most of us haven't had time to stop and take stock https://t.co/rnyI5clKOW 
  • Cruise ship in race to transfer passengers off #Panama coast https://t.co/xcNNUuFUYy 
  • Retired police officers say thousands of former colleagues would be willing to rejoin their forces and help the country cope with coronavirus https://t.co/I6fIfzE1dP
  • #Swiss Museum Settles Claim Over Art Trove Acquired in Nazi Era https://t.co/v4HUH1QsbY 
  • #China Pushes to Churn Out Coronavirus Gear, Yet Struggles to Police It https://t.co/YQAV3k45DQ 
  • Opera Star David Daniels, Charged With Sexual Assault, Is Fired by University of Michigan #US https://t.co/m36zi0zI17
  • As #Turkey Ends Inquiry, Prospects Dim for Justice in Khashoggi Killing https://t.co/u8UIC4637n
  • As law firms adjust to working life during COVID-19, Jersey firm Bedell Cristin has sworn its first virtual affidavit | New Law Journal https://t.co/KiTLbdb4pp
  • A network of priority courts is to be kept open, consolidating the work of courts and tribunals into fewer buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic | New Law Journal https://t.co/YlxBTXZi8R 
  • Two interesting roles have arisen at human rights organisations JUSTICE | New Law Journal https://t.co/u3aEHGeABB
  • Legal Practice Course (LPC) exams can be moved online instead of postponed, after the regulator bowed to pressure from junior lawyers | New Law Journal https://t.co/zumbnOtzur 
  • Leasehold practitioners have called on the government to extend statutory deadlines for filing applications until the COVID-19 lockdown is over | New Law Journal https://t.co/iBtv0O3H0p 
  • More than £2m in scholarship and bursaries funds are up for grabs for the next academic year (2020/21) at the University of Law (ULaw) | New Law Journal https://t.co/ctuEP7ahKY
  • The Law Society has issued a list of answers to frequently asked questions or solicitors concerned about the impact of COVID-19 on employees and clients | New Law Journal https://t.co/zkNdlCCNtm
  • Family lawyers will need to choose from a ‘smorgasbord’ of IT options when participating in remote hearings, the judiciary has said | New Law Journal https://t.co/dqotwiUi3A' 
  • Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, has issued guidance to resolve confusion on child arrangement orders during the COVID-19 pandemic | New Law Journal https://t.co/amAX8Z8I6u
  • The Supreme Court will hear cases and deliver judgments through video conferencing as a result of the pandemic | New Law Journal https://t.co/NXNHlVsMe2
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/M4vrqamBYf
  • Tax avoiders will receive coronavirus bailouts – we must redress this injustice https://t.co/mdMRnfwcKI
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Saturday

28th March - Law News

3014th 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:  As migrants struggle to get home amid the lockdown, homeless people are hit badly. Most of them who work as rag-pickers and labourers are walking to their villages as employment has stopped. In Kolkata, as part of a government initiative, the police are opening up municipal halls to shelter them.



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Friday

27th March - Law News

3013rd 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:  As countries deal with and response to the biggest threat to life in peacetime - in this war it is not soldiers who are being hailed heroes but doctors and nurses, social care workers, volunteers and those not putting themselves first - but the most vulnerable and in need. As more than 500,000 people in the UK volunteer to help the NHS, people around the world have been applauding those working night and day to save lives in hospitals.


Focus of the Day story: UK listed law firms react to Covid-19 by cutting salaries and ditching dividend payments. Knights reduces employee salaries above £30k by 10%; Ince cancels interim dividend. Full story - The Global Legal Post

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