Thursday

7th March - Law News

2627th 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: China’s President Xi Jinping is one of the most powerful men in the world, but it hasn’t always been this way. Xi has stared down revolutionary fervor during the Cultural Revolution – and muscled out rivals in an atmosphere of brutal party politics to now become the paramount leader of China’s Communist Party. In this episode, we look at how Xi Jinping went from life among Beijing’s political elite – to living in a cave in remote countryside – to now being China’s most powerful ruler since Mao.




Focus of the Day Article:
Junior lawyers have called for a review of the Legal Services Act after the oversight regulator’s decision to approve the proposed solicitors’ ‘super-exam’ despite widespread opposition.
In response to the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) draft business plan 2019/20, the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) said the the absence of an ‘appeal or oversight mechanism’ in the act to challenge the LSB’s approval of applications should be addressed.
Full story: The Law Society Gazette



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Wednesday

6th March - Law News

2626th 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: Rapper and author Akala’s 2018 book, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire, looked at how a young child can turn into a knife-carrying teenager.




Focus of the Day Article:
Trading Standards publishes guidance on conveyancing referral fees. The clock on a possible ban on referral fees from lawyers to estate agents has started running after new guidance on disclosure was published by National Trading Standards (NTS). Failing to disclose referral arrangements risks criminal prosecution, estate agents are told in the guidance, which the government has said will be given a year to see if it is effective.
Full story: Legal Futures



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Tuesday

5th March - Law News

2625th 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 northern Russia, seven men have come forward to claim they were tortured by police because of their religious views. The men are all Jehovah’s Witnesses. Their organisation was banned by Russia’s Supreme Court in 2017 as extremist and dozens of Jehovah’s Witnesses have since been detained across the country. Officials in Surgut initially denied the reports of torture, but now say they will investigate. President Vladimir Putin has called the prosecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses ‘utter nonsense’ and asked the Supreme Court for clarification on how the law is applied.




Focus of the Day Article:
Legalise assisted dying for terminally ill, say 90% of people in UK. Opinion poll shows growing support in Britain for change to law on right to die.
Full story: Guardian Law



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Monday

4th March - Law News

2624th 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 the face of the migrant crisis, many countries across Europe have been building walls and fences to combat illegal immigration. But Denmark has almost finished one on its border with Germany to protect it from wild boars.




Focus of the Day Article:
Employment tribunals are struggling to cope with a swelling backlog of claims that has risen from 13,360 to 23,700 outstanding cases in one year. The 77% growth has occurred since fees were abolished in July 2017, and comes as tribunals suffer a shortage of staff, judges and resources.
Full story: New Law Journal



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Sunday

3rd March - Law News

2623rd 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: Worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound are back in control of a meeting hall that has been closed for 16 years by an Israeli court order. Days of tension over who controls the area led to the arrest, then release, of the cleric who helps administer the compound.





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Saturday

2nd March - Law News

2622nd 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: Captured Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman returned to India late on Friday after nearly 60 hours in Pakistan. Dressed in navy blue blazers, white shirt and grey trousers, the pilot - with a black eye - smile as he crossed into India through the Attari-Wagah border, hours later than expected. Escorted by Pakistan Rangers till the Zero Line that marks the India-Pakistan land border, he was received by Indian security officers and whisked away.





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