Wednesday

29th August - Law News

2438th 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: More than two million Venezuelans have fled their country, escaping a collapsing economy, food and medicine shortages and political turmoil. It's been described as the worst refugee crisis in recent Latin American history - the majority of those fleeing Venezuela have crossed into neighbouring Colombia, and then on to Ecuador, Peru and Chile. Others have gone south to Brazil. Concerned by the influx, these countries are imposing tighter border restrictions.


Focus of the Day Article:
Home Office officials have made more than 5,700 changes to the immigration rules since 2010, a Guardian analysis has revealed, making the visa system nearly impossible to navigate, according to senior judges and lawyers.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Tuesday

28th August - Law News

2437th 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: In August 2017, a gathering of the far right turned deadly in the Virginia town. The Guardian reporter Lois Beckett returns to the scene of the violence to speak with local residents, who say resurgent white supremacism came as little surprise. They vow to continue the fight against it: 'We won't back down'


Focus of the Day Article:
Fraudulent insurance claims fell in number but rose in value last year, costing the insurance industry £1.3bn in total, an Association of British Insurers (ABI) report has shown. The report, published this week, found more than 500,000 insurance frauds were detected last year, of which 113,000 were fraudulent claims and 449,000 dishonest insurance applications. This represents an 8% fall in number of fraudulent claims but one per cent rise in value.
Full story - New Law Journal

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Monday

27th August - Law News

2436th 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: Gaza's Health Ministry says over 180 people were injured by Israeli soldiers during protests on Friday. 50 of the wounded are said to have been hit with live ammunition. Israel claims its actions were necessary to prevent the Israel-Gaza barrier being breached, and that demonstrators were throwing rocks & Molotov cocktails at its troops.

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Sunday

26th August - Law News

2435th 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: One year ago today, a fierce crackdown by Myanmar's army forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to escape to safety in neighbouring Bangladesh.

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Saturday

25th August - Law News

2434th 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 centre responds to the Kerala government's "dog in the manger" jibe on the provision of relief to the state. The point being made is this - if you aren't giving us the Rs 20,000 crore that we seek to rebuild the state, then why are you denying others from providing us this help? This comes on a day when the UAE government - in what some would consider an about turn - says that there is nothing official about its providing Kerala Rs 700 crore in relief, something that had been widely reported. But the Kerala government insists that this offer was indeed made. In the meanwhile, the government has come out with a detailed explantion on how, in addition to Rs 600 crore that it has provided the state, there is another amount of Rs 562.45 crore which is already with the Kerala State Disaster Fund. On the show, we ask: Is the centre doing enough for the rehabilitation of flood affected regions of Kerala?



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Friday

24th August - Law News

2433rd 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: She was never verbally or physically threatened or restrained. But at age 19, Nina Van Harn felt like she couldn’t say no when she was expected to marry a man chosen by her family. And she is not alone in her experience. In a two-year period, it’s estimated that there were 3,000 such forced marriage cases in the United States.
Focus of the Day:
A number of human rights organisations have welcomed the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office’s (IPCO) plans to launch a public consultation on the UK’s policy against involvement in torture, the ‘Consolidated Guidance’.
Full story - Scottish Legal

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Thursday

23rd August - Law News

2432nd 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 Trump administration has used some unusual phrases to defend its positions in the news media. Here is a closer look at a few of these remarks.
Focus of the Day:
The controversial Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) has been formally consigned to the history books for barristers -  though oversight regulator the Legal Services Board (LSB) has pledged to keep a watchful eye on advocacy standards. In a notice published at the end of last week the LSB said it had ‘approved in full’ an application by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to remove QASA rules from the BSB handbook. However, noting the BSB’s admission that regulatory intervention was still required to address poor advocacy, the LSB warned that it would hold the regulator to account to ensure that it provides a ’robust and proportionate’ response to quality risks in advocacy.

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Wednesday

22nd August - Law News

2431st 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: This teenage girl has helped bring Minecraft to millions of severely disabled people. Becky Tyler has worked with Special Effect, a UK charity to develop a platform to allow almost anyone to control Microsoft’s block-building game with just their eyes.  Video games are played by billions of people across the world - but for those with severe physical disabilities using a normal console is often impossible. 

Focus of the Day:
The company charged with digitising the courts is to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) to assist lawyers in understanding complex evidence, its chief techologist has revealed. CaseLines, which is used to create digital bundles in the Crown Courts and civil and family courts, including the Supreme Court, will use the technology to create a ‘mind map’ – a visual way of presenting information said to mirror more closely the non-linear way the human brain handles data.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

21st August - Law News

2430th 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 US emergency number has been misused by white people feeling threatened by African Americans who are simply mowing a lawn or leaving an Airbnb. As 911 marks its 50th year in operation, are these nuisance calls a new trend?

Focus of the Day:
Why HMP Birmingham has been brought back under state control. Prison formerly run by G4S is third to have management removed after inspections.
Full story - Guardian Law

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