Wednesday

25th November - Law News

1430th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: First AI lawyer “closer to commercial release than expected” as law firm pilot expands. Lawyers routinely over-estimate the current state of machine-learning computers but under-estimate their potential future capabilities, according to the chief executive of ROSS Intelligence, the company building an application billed as the world’s first “artificially intelligent attorney”. Full story - Legal Futures




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Tuesday

24th November - Law News

1429th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Should those in-house be ‘trusted advisers’, sage like, valued for their expertise but remaining distant and professionally detached? Not embroiled in the running of the business but sitting philosophically just outside? Full story - The Lawyer




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Monday

23rd November - Law News

1428th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Some 85% of US and UK corporate counsel at Fortune 1000 companies fear social media could push a minor problem into a major crisis. However, these concerns do not necessarily translate into action. The lawyers believe social media poses a risk to what 91% of them described as their company’s greatest asset, its reputation, but do not believe there is a legal risk and tend not to become heavily involved in planning for mitigation and response. Full story - New Law Journal



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Sunday

22nd November - Law News

1427th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
  Our Latest Saturday Law Interview features the Scottish National Party Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson, Joanna Cherry QC MP, in a wide ranging discussion on the the Human Rights Act 1998, the role of corroboration in the Scottish justice system, the legal issues surrounding Scottish independence and human rights. 



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Saturday

21st November - Law News

1426th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
  Our Latest Saturday Law Interview features the Scottish National Party Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson, Joanna Cherry QC MP, in a wide ranging discussion on the the Human Rights Act 1998, the role of corroboration in the Scottish justice system, the legal issues surrounding Scottish independence and human rights. 




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Friday

20th November - Law News

1425th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Ministry of Justice officials have met frontline legal services regulators for discussions on the future of the profession, the lord chancellor has revealed. Michael Gove pledged in June to conduct a review of the Legal Services Act within the current parliament. He said then that the act, which set up the current legal services regulatory system, creates a ‘danger of regulators falling over each other’s feet’. The date for the review remains unknown, but Gove has confirmed that civil servants have begun the ground work through talks with the SRA, BSB and other interested groups. Full story - The Law Society Gazette



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