Wednesday

14th June - Law News

1997th 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: Vicky Mohieddeen is a British woman who regularly visits North Korea from Beijing where she works for a tour company that takes foreigners into the "Hermit Kingdom". She knows the place well, has a respect for its people but realises too that she can't allow herself - or the revealing images she takes and puts on social media - to act as a mouthpiece for the country, so often condemned as aggressive and belligerent by the international community. She says she's not interested in taking those cliched "rare glimpse" pictures, but wants to use her photos of daily life in Pyongyang and beyond to connect.


Focus of the day story:  McKenzie Friends tread ‘fine line’ providing non-legal advice. What it means to conduct litigation is not clear, researchers find. Full story - Solicitors Journal
 

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Tuesday

13th June - Law News

1996th 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: In Jewish Law it is the husband who has the right to decide whether he will give his wife a divorce (the “Get”). If he refuses her, the wife may be sentenced to years of living in a dead marriage. She cannot remarry and any child she has from a new relationship is considered illegitimate.


Focus of the day story: David Lidington has become the fourth Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice in just over two years after Liz Truss became the only member of the cabinet to be demoted following the election. Mr Lidington, also the fourth non-lawyer to hold the post after Chris Grayling, Michael Gove and Ms Truss, has got his own department for the first time after being appointed leader of the House of Commons last July when Theresa May became prime minister. In a statement released last night, Mr Lidington said: “I am pleased and honoured to have been appointed as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. Full story - Legal Futures
 

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Monday

12th June - Law News

1995th 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: Iran has evidence that Washington is providing direct support to ISIS – that’s the claim made by the Iranian Army’s deputy chief of staff. It comes in the wake of last week’s twin terrorist attacks in Tehran. Both were claimed by ISIS, but Iran says they were only possible because of Saudi and US support for the group.

Focus of the day story: Judicial review applications on the rise. Some 1,832 judicial review applications were brought against the Home Office in 2016, a rise of 18% on the previous year, and the highest number received by any government department, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Justice this week. Full story - New Law Journal
 


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Sunday

11th June - Law News

1994th 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: A new women’s magazine is turning the page on Afghan cultural traditions, with features on fashion, make-up, and even adverts about birth control. It has prompted a re-think of which some are applauding, and others are critical.
 

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Saturday

10th June - Law News

1993rd 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: Deputy Solicitor General and criminal law expert Michael Dreeben will join special counsel Robert Mueller's quietly growing team of legal minds assisting with the probe into Russia's involvement with the 2016 election.
 

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Friday

9th June - Law News

1992nd 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: More than 11,000 citizens of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE that live in Qatar are now being ordered to leave by their country of origin.
Many were born in Qatar and have not lived elsewhere.
 
 
Focus of the day story: Who’s to blame for the savagery seen in Manchester and London? Full story - Guardian Law


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Thursday

8th June - Law News

1991st 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: What does the religion of Islam have to do with the terrorist attacks here in the last three months and before that elsewhere in Europe? At London Bridge the attackers shouted: "This is for Allah." Many Muslims would say these violent attacks have nothing to do with their faith but the words of at least some of the attackers suggest a link to the religion or a perversion of its ideology. Tariq Ramadan, professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford and the author of several books on Islamic thought and practice, had this to say in answer to the question.
 

Focus of the day story:  Unreasonable behaviour petitions ‘far more acrimonious’ since Owens v Owens. Resolution will advise members to keep seeking constructive solution . Full story - Solicitors Journal


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