Thursday

28th March - Law News

2647th 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: State's Attorney Kim Foxx, who recused herself from the Jussie Smollett case after text messages showed Smollett family friend Tina Tchen reached out to Foxx on February 1, defended her office's decision in an interview with WBEZ to drop charges against Smollett.




Focus of the Day Story:
Acting without integrity involves “greater moral turpitude” on the part of a solicitor than dishonesty but a lesser sanction, a High Court judge has found, while appearing to question previous Court of Appeal authority on the issue. Mr Justice Mostyn was returning to the relationship between the two concepts after the Court of Appeal last year overturned his decision that they were synonymous.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Wednesday

27th March - Law News

2646th 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: What do you do if you are a parent of teenage boys and you've seen youngsters you know fall victim to the growing problem of knife violence? For some mothers from the Somali community in London the answer has been to protect their teenage boys by sending them to Somalia or Kenya to get them away from gangs. But that drastic measure is not always straightforward or safe.




Focus of the Day Story:
New law 'catalyst' for tenfold foreign investment increase. US$1.5 trillion of inbound investment into China projected over next 10 years as new foreign investment law kicks in, says Linklaters research.
Full story - The Global Legal Post

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Tuesday

26th March - Law News

2645th 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: On 24 March 1999, the US and its Western allies began a bombing campaign over Serbia that ended the Kosovo war. But for many Kosovo Albanians and Serbs, the conflict has never been resolved. The BBC's Jeremy Bowen, Albana Kasapi and Dejan Anastasijevic reported on the war and its aftermath. They explain why it can't be put to bed.




Focus of the Day Story:
Lady Hale: at least half of UK judiciary should be female. Supreme court president calls for full equality at event for centenary of women in law.
Full story - Guardian Law


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Monday

25th March - Law News

2644th 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: Moroccan police used water cannons to disperse thousands of young teachers rallying in the capital city of Rabat on Sunday, as they protested for better work conditions. Some protesters were filmed with leg injuries as clashes erupted between riot police and protesters. An estimated 15,000 teachers gathered in front of parliament, reportedly chanting "liberty, dignity, social justice." According to reports full benefits and pensions were among the protesters’ demands.




Focus of the Day Story:
Bar Council calls on DPP to address pay ‘iniquity’. Self-employed barristers prosecuting cases deserve parity with lawyers employed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the Bar Council has said. Earlier this month, the civil service trade union, the FDA, negotiated a 10% pay rise for CPS Crown Prosecutors; increases of up to 8% for prosecutors, professionals and senior managers; and a 13.5% increase in overtime rates. The rises will be paid over the course of two years.
Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

24th March - Law News

2644th 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: An exhibition of 35 red dresses at a museum in Washington, DC, is highlighting crimes against Native American women. They are 10 times more likely to be murdered than the United States national average. The artist, Jaime Black, hopes the new exhibit at the Smithsonian prevents more women going missing.




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Saturday

23rd March - Law News

2643rd 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: Weeks after the worst escalation between New Delhi and Islamabad since the 1999 Kargil War, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that PM Narendra Modi sent him greetings on the eve of Pakistan's National Day. Mr Khan, in a tweet, said PM Modi told him that it is time for people of the subcontinent to work together "for a peaceful and prosperous region, in an atmosphere free of terror and violence".




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Friday

22nd March - Law News

2642nd 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: Next month the most significant changes to private health insurance for decades will start to roll out and everyone in Australia with cover will be affected. To give you a few examples, customers won't be able to claim for a lot of natural therapies and there will be discounts for people under thirty who take out policies. So far, no-one can say for sure what it will do to the price of premiums which have been going up and up. The changes come as one survey shows private health insurance is now the number one concern for Australian families. Consumer group CHOICE has found that for the first time families are more worried about the cost of private health insurance than electricity.



Focus of the Day Article: Solicitors prepare for Brexit - Preferential treatment for EU lawyers qualifying in England and Wales to end under no-deal Brexit says SRA, but Ireland keeps door open.
Full story: The Global Legal Post


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