Thursday

12th April - Law News

2299th 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 Focus: Police have used armoured vehicles to demolish structures at an eco-camp in Western France. Activists gathered again on Wednesday to try and prevent police from entering the site near the city of Nantes. They clashed with officers, throwing stones and bottles.

Focus of the Day story: Demand for commercial legal advice will rise over the next 18 months, according to an annual market bellwether*, but some sectors are becoming crowded with law firm teams created to serve specific industries. Of 180 large and SME businesses surveyed by IRN Research, most expect their demands for legal services to stay unchanged over that period. But nearly a third of large businesses and 16% of SMEs predict a rise in their use of external advice. Just 9% of large businesses and 11% of SMEs expect a fall. Most large businesses reported using more than one law firm. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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Wednesday

11th April - Law News

2298th 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 Focus: Israeli fighter jets struck a target in the Gaza Strip today after it was claimed explosives had been found near the border. And tonight it was reported that a Palestinian rocket had landed in Israel, though in both cases nobody was hurt. Thousands of Palestinians have been protesting along the border in the run-up to the anniversary of Israel's foundation 70 years ago. And dozens have been killed by Israeli gunfire near the fence. Our foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Rugman has been visiting the border camps and meeting some of the hundreds injured.

Focus of the Day story: A London-based law firm has filed a claim for judicial review against the Law Society’s decision not to reaccredit a solicitor who had been on its mental health panel for nearly a decade. Rebecca Hill of GT Stewart told Legal Futures that the decision meant she has had to stop working in an area about which she is “passionate”, and longstanding clients have had to find new representation. Ms Hill first joined the society’s mental health accreditation scheme in 2008. From August 2014, it has been a requirement of the Legal Aid Agency that all publicly funded representatives before the Mental Health Tribunal are members of the scheme. Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

10th April - Law News

2297th 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 Focus: The FBI raided the office of Michael Cohen, a personal lawyer and confidant of President Donald Trump, The New York Times reported.

Focus of the Day story: Knife crime news headlines are predictable - but they don't have to be. After knee-jerk reactions and soundbites we must join up the dots between cause and effect. Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

9th April - Law News

2296th 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 Focus: Fears of an all-out trade war have intensified after China hit back hard at Donald Trump's proposed tariffs against Chinese imports.

Focus of the Day story: Solicitors should expect ‘significant teething problems’ with e-billing, which became compulsory in the county court and Senior Court Costs Office this week, the Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has warned. However, it also urged solicitors not to ignore or be scared off by the change.The new rules apply to multi-track claims unless fixed costs or scale costs apply, the receiving party is unrepresented or the court has ordered otherwise. Any work done from 6 April 2018 on must be an electronic bill. Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

8th April - Law News

2295th 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 Focus: The Indian government has amped up a move to regulate online media and news portals just after it was forced to take back a controversial order on punishing journalists for fake news on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention.The Information and Broadcasting Ministry headed by Smriti Irani has set up a committee that will discuss and recommend a regulatory framework for online media. The Information and Broadcasting Secretary will lead the grouping that was set up on Wednesday, a day after the ministry withdrew its guidelines on fake news.The 10-member committee includes secretaries of the ministries of Home, Electronics and Information Technology, Law and Industrial Policy and Promotion. It also has representatives from the Press Council of India, News Broadcasters' Association and the Indian Broadcasters Federation.


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Saturday

7th April - Law News

2294th 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 Focus: Palestinians are protesting in the southern Gaza Strip in a six-week campaign called The Great Return March, against Israeli settlements on former Palestinian territory. Another mass protest last Friday turned deadly with at least 18 killed and hundreds wounded.


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Friday

6th April - Law News

2293rd 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 Focus: News of Martin Luther King's death triggered an outpouring of sorrow and anger across the US as rioters set buildings on fire, and looted stores. In Washington DC, that violence resulted in a military occupation. Entire blocks of the city were left in ruins for decades. Two men who saw the rioting in their own neighbourhoods, reflect on what happened immediately after Martin Luther King's death - and in the decades since.

Focus of the Day story: he Legal Ombudsman’s office says that its spending this year will rise sharply after it admitted underestimating its likely workload. The complaints handler said this week that expenditure is likely to reach £12.5m in 2018/19. A year ago it predicted spending £10.7m over the year. The organisation appears to have significantly misread future demand for its service: its business plan published in 2017 estimated that 7,000 legal cases would be handled in 2018/19; this week that figure was revised upward to between 8,000 and 8,425. Full story: The Law Society Gazette

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Thursday

5th April - Law News

2292nd 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 Focus: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's death, nine students from his former school in Atlanta, Booker T Washington high school, were asked to recite 'I Have A Dream'.

Focus of the Day story: The depth of despondency among criminal law barristers has been revealed in a survey as direct action by the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) began on Easter Day. A survey of over 4,000 barristers carried out last year by the Bar Council but only published last week found that over a third of criminal barristers were dissatisfied with their careers and considering alternatives or planning to leave. Full story: Legal Futures

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