Tuesday

9th August - Law News

1688th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: Thousands of women and girls are being trafficked to Italy from Nigeria, into a life of forced prostitution. Freeing girls trafficked to Italy for sex: 'You will not be a slave for ever'.


Focus of the Day article:  There’s only one way to fix this child abuse debacle – listen to the victims. This ill-fated inquiry must return to first principles. Record the dreadful narratives of what happened. Then the next steps will be clear. Full story - Guardian Law



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Monday

8th August - Law News

1687th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: Julian Assange Special: Do Wikileaks have the email that'll put Clinton in Prison?


Focus of the Day article: “Lawyerless” justice could encourage two-tier justice system. Lord Justice Briggs’s plans to modernise and digitise the civil courts structure have received a mixed reception from lawyers. Bar Chairman Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC says that moves towards introducing online courts with minimum assistance by lawyers could lead a two-tier justice system. Full story - New Law Journal



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Sunday

7th August - Law News

1685th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.


Today's video story: England's riots five years on: 'It was off the scale'. On 4 August 2011 Mark Duggan was shot and killed by police in Tottenham, north London, sparking the largest civil unrest the UK has seen for a generation. 


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Saturday

6th August - Law News

1684th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.


Today's video story: As Russia prepares to go to the polls next month, the BBC meets Anna Gaskarova, whose husband Alexei was sentenced to more than three years in jail after taking part in a political protest.

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Friday

5th August - Law News

1683rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story:
The International Organisation for Migration says 4,027 have drowned this year - three quarters of them in the Mediterranean.  

Focus of the Day Article: support programme will launch later this month to help more women, black, Asian and minority ethnic (BME) candidates and those from a ‘less advantaged’ background become High Court judges. Courts and Tribunals Judiciary said the initiative will take effect for those interested in applying to a High Court judge-selection exercise planned for January 2017. Thirty support places are expected to be available. Full story - The Law Society Gazette



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Thursday

4th August - Law News

1682nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: Aleppo, a war-ravaged city split between the government and rebels, is an emblem of the Syrian conflict. Rebels are now pushing with a "last-chance" assault seeking to break the Syrian forces' siege on their territories. The BBC spoke to a doctor running one of the few remaining hospitals in the rebel-held areas of the city. Dr Hamza al-Khatib, a general surgeon, lives and works in the hospital. He reveals how they help people survive in a battle zone.  


Focus of the Day Article: Law Society calls for independent review into civil legal aid structure. Government cuts resulting in 'legal aid deserts' across large parts of England and Wales are denying families access to housing advice and risk increasing homelessness, new statistics have revealed. Full story - Solicitors Journal


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Wednesday

3rd August - Law News

1681st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation & Rights.

Today's video story: Human rights group Amnesty International says Australia has been abusing refugees.  


Focus of the Day Article: Chambers are seeing more grievances over discriminatory treatment by both employees and members, according to solicitors who advise them on dealing with their equality and diversity obligations. They said diversity presents a “particular challenge to chambers largely as a result of their unique business structure – the ‘one member, one vote’ concept and the clerking model – which has many advantages but also some potential for abuse. There are aspects of diversity law and best practice that do not always fit neatly into this context”. Full story - Legal Futures



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