Monday

11th February - Law News

2603rd 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 Venezuela crisis is causing concern in other troubled nations facing difficult elections. Nigeria goes to the polls next Saturday, and an ally of the president there has threatened opponents of the current government with deadly consequences if they try anything similar.


Focus of the Day story:
Lawyers’ groups have given a mixed reaction to the long-awaited Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) post-implementation review of the LASPO legal aid cuts. Part 1 of LASPO (the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012) removed legal aid coverage for hundreds of thousands of people across large areas of civil and family law in April 2013.
 Full story: New Law Journal

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Sunday

10th February - Law News

2602nd 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: It's been more than four months since journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Despite widespread demands for an international investigation and to hold the Saudi government accountable, Donald Trump has largely stood by his ally, the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. The US President has now missed a Friday deadline to tell Congress who's responsible for Khashoggi's killing. Instead, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote a letter insisting the Trump administration will seek accountability. So, will anyone be held to account for Khashoggi's murder?

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Saturday

9th February - Law News

2601st 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 India government is set to announce a blanket exemption from angel tax for all start-ups that are recognized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade or DPIIT, the government body which addresses concerns of start-ups, sources have told NDTV. A notification to this effect could be issues as early as Monday. The exemption will apply to all start-ups with total investment not exceeding Rs. 25 crore, sources said, adding that a company will be classified as a start-up up till 10 years, instead of the earlier recognized seven.


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Friday

8th February - Law News

2600th 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: For many in El Salvador, the options are few: Journey north to try to cross into America illegally, or live in fear at home. This video explores how rampant gang violence is pushing Salvadorans into perilous migrant caravans.


Focus of the Day story:
The Ministry of Justice has spent more than half its allocated budget for court modernisation, the department confirmed today. An update provided for the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee stated that by the end of 2018/19 the government will have spent £546m, achieving with benefits so far worth £158m. The entire programme is expected to cost around £1bn, but the committee stated its concern last year that elements of it still required backing from the Treasury.
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Thursday

7th February - Law News

2599th 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: Syrian refugee George Najarian has been in Australia for two years. So what does he think is the most valuable thing for a refugee?


Focus of the Day story:
The Ministry of Justice has spent more than half its allocated budget for court modernisation, the department confirmed today. An update provided for the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee stated that by the end of 2018/19 the government will have spent £546m, achieving with benefits so far worth £158m. The entire programme is expected to cost around £1bn, but the committee stated its concern last year that elements of it still required backing from the Treasury.

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Wednesday

6th February - Law News

2598th 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: For years, critics of the government's counter-terrorism strategy, the Prevent programme, have claimed it stigmatises the Muslim community. But last year, the number of people referred to Prevent over concerns about far-right extremism rose by more than a third. This programme has been given exclusive access to the first Prevent group aimed at a group of mothers from predominantly white areas of Bradford. Channel 4 News has been speaking to them about why an increasing number of young, white people are vulnerable to radicalisation.


Focus of the Day story:
Solicitors at smaller firms believe that clients’ focus on price is compromising their work and even their ability to uphold the law, a survey has suggested. LexisNexis’s latest Bellwether research said the profession has a “perplexing blindspot” when it came to understanding the important of price for clients that indicated a wider “disconnect” between solicitors and clients.
Full story - Legal Futures
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Tuesday

5th February - Law News

2597th 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: Hundreds of Saudi women flee the conservative kingdom every year and run away to Western countries over allegations of domestic abuse and oppression back home. One popular destination is the UK, where dozens seek asylum every year. Hanan Razek met two people who explain how they risked everything to flee from Saudi Arabia.


Focus of the Day story:
Crime victims get power to challenge prisoners’ release. Outrage over John Worboys case leads to reform of the Parole Board process.
Full story - Guardian Law

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