Sunday

18th September - Law News

1728th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden tells the Guardian’s Ewen MacAskill why he should be granted a pardon by the US government. He also discusses the dangers of Donald Trump’s rhetoric on mass surveillance – and what he makes of Oliver Stone’s new movie.
 


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Saturday

17th September - Law News

1728th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: When a sex video of a 31 year old Italian woman was posted on a website more than a million people watched it. The woman, known as Tiziana, fought a campaign to have it removed from the internet after becoming became the subject of jokes and abuse. On Tuesday Tiziana committed suicide. Her funeral has been broadcast live on Italian television and police are investigating four people in connection with her death.
 



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Friday

16th September - Law News

1727th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story:  Indian state of Bihar's Government Challenges opposition politician and former Assembly Member Mohammad Shahabuddin's Bail In Supreme Court. Shahabuddin had served two terms as a member of the local state assembly and had also had criminal convictions, allegedly for violence against opposition political activists.
 

Focus of the Day story: MoJ defies profession and jeopardises access to justice to protect the taxpayer. Plans for a 500 per cent hike in fees for asylum and immigration tribunals are set to go ahead despite overwhelming support for them to be scrapped. Responding to a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) consultation on the proposals, 142 of 147 parties disagreed with the move, the majority of whom cited that the large fee increases for first-tier tribunals would deny access to justice for vulnerable people wishing to challenge Home Office decisions. Full story - Solicitors Journal


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Thursday

15th September - Law News

1726th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story:  The horrors of Yemen’s civil war have been encapsulated by photographs showing a toddler suffering from severe malnutrition. UNICEF estimates that 320,000 children are facing starvation, while over two million youngsters need urgent assistance.
 

Focus of the Day story: In her first significant announcement since taking office, lord chancellor Liz Truss will today back a £1bn programme to extend online courts to criminal offences. A vision paper to be published by the Ministry of Justice and HM Judiciary today will set out plans for digital processes in every court and tribunal in England and Wales. Full story - The Law Society Gazette



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Wednesday

14th September - Law News

1725th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story:  The world's most dangerous prison ever, in Albany New York. A jail full to the brim.
 

Focus of the Day story: Four in ten managing partners at leading law firms see alternative providers such as the Big Four accountants and insurers as the biggest threat to the legal profession, according to a survey published today. Meanwhile, firms are more likely to eye growth from investment in technology and hiring established teams of lawyers, rather than merging with other firms. Full story - Legal Futures



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Tuesday

13th September - Law News

1724th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story:  Syria's nationwide ceasefire is underway - the result of marathon talks between Russia and the U.S. last week.
 

Focus of the Day story: Update 'archaic' laws to protect used car buyers, says Law Commission. Purchasers of vehicles used by previous owners to take out loans risk having them repossessed by finance firms, says group. Full story - Guardian Law


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