Tuesday

5th September - Law News

2080th 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: ‘Endless Stream’ of Rohingya Flee Military Offensive in Myanmar. “By far the worst thing that I've ever seen.” The New York Times reporter Hannah Beech describes a huge exodus of civilians into Bangladesh after a new military offensive against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.


Focus of the day story:  UK surveillance and spying watchdog begins work. Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office to ensure intelligence and government services act within new law. Full story - Guardian Law

Saturday Conversations on Law
Posted by
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Monday

4th September - Law News

2079th 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: Moscow Muslims have gathered on Sunday in front of the Myanmar Embassy in solidarity with Rohingya Muslims who claim to be persecuted in the troubled northwest of the country.


Focus of the day story: Currently, most notes taken by judges in the course of proceedings are considered their private deliberations rather than the personal data of a party, he says. In July, however, the Ministry of Justice disclosed to a disgruntled claimant notes made by Judge Ian Pritchard-Witts on a constructive dismissal case, following a recommendation by the Information Commissioner on the reach of the Data Protection Act 1998. Full story - New Law Journal

Saturday Conversations on Law
Posted by
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Sunday

3rd September - Law News

2078th 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: As Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has seen his popularity wane over the years, he has developed a time-worn tactic when faced with criticism in the media: dust off the anti-imperialist credentials and deflect attention onto Zimbabwe's white former colonial masters inside and outside the country. Mugabe's response to a recent incident involving his wife, Grace, in South Africa, was a case in point. When the South African press censured Mrs Mugabe for allegedly assaulting a woman in Johannesburg, the president countered by questioning why whites still wield so much power in South Africa.



Saturday Conversations on Law
Posted by
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Saturday

2nd September - Law News

2077th 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: Despite working six days a week, Fran Marion, a single mother of two, can’t make ends meet on the $9.50 an hour she gets at Popeyes.



Saturday Conversations on Law
Posted by
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Friday

1st September - Law News

2076th 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: Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Democrat Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper talk about their bipartisan plan to reform the US health care system.
Focus of the day story:  Litigant in person ordered to pay more than £80,000 in costs. Hourly rates claimed substantially lower than published guideline rates, says judge. Full story - Solicitors Journal


Saturday Conversations on Law
Posted by
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Thursday

31st August - Law News

2075th 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: Could you afford your mortgage if interest rates rise in Australia? 1 in 4 mortgaged households are already in stress, meaning they struggle to cover both loan repayments and living expenses.
Focus of the day story: Judges are entitled to expect assistance from advocates when dealing with lengthy sentencing lists, the Court of Appeal has said in a case highlighting challenges with 'modern' sentencing legislation. In Dean Christopher Maxwell v R, Lord Justice Treacy, said sentencing judges are often burdened with long lists. 'They have a right to expect appropriate assistance from the advocates before them', he insisted in the judgment, published this week. 'It is clear that no such consideration or assistance was given by the advocates in this case, either before the judge came to sentence or indeed after he had sentenced in a flawed manner in a number of respects, or had failed to pass sentence on certain matters at all.'. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


Saturday Conversations on Law
Posted by
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Wednesday

30th August - Law News

2074th 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: It has been a spectacular collapse of Mumbai as it was hit with rain nine times more than the normal rainfall in the last nine hours. People have been advised to stay indoors as waterlogging cripples the city. The high tide made a bad situation worse and the National Disaster Response has been slow.



Focus of the day story: Online courts and access to justice: Why we should care about being digitally defaulted. Full story - Legal Futures


Saturday Conversations on Law
Posted by
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Tuesday

29th August - Law News

2073rd 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: Life Inside Bali's infamous Kerobokan prison. To many, Bali’s Kerobokan jail is a place of creepy fascination, a repository of misery in an island playground. But what’s it really like in there? For the first time a TV crew has obtained virtually unrestricted access to all corners of Kerobokan’s men’s prison. 



Focus of the day story: Lawyers have given a cautious welcome to the government’s Brexit position paper calling for a cross-border civil judicial cooperation framework. Under current reciprocal arrangements, a decision made by a court in the UK can be enforced in other EU Member States, enabling citizens to enforce orders made by the civil and family courts on commerce, trade and family matters such as child custody and maintenance. Full story - New Law Journal



Saturday Conversations on Law
Posted by
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)