Wednesday

10th April - Law News

2660th 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: Divorce laws in England and Wales are to be overhauled under plans to make it easier for couples to end their marriage without a "blame game". Divorce coach Caroline Strawson and Christian Concern’s Tim Dieppe debate.


Focus of the Day Article:
Slaughter and May has announced the winners of its 2018/19 Africa Essay Prize. The annual competition was launched in 2016, and offers students the opportunity to display their ability to write concisely and persuasively about topics relating to African commerce and law.
Full story - The Global Legal Post
 

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Tuesday

9th April - Law News

2659th 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: Brunei is introducing strict new anti-LGBT laws, with some offences punishable by stoning to death - a move which has sparked international condemnation. Two Bruneians, who have left the country, share their experiences of what it's like growing up as an LGBT person in Brunei.


Focus of the Day Article:
At least some MPs are doing their day job. This week the Commons justice committee demanded that all prison sentences of less than a year be scrapped, in a drastic measure apparently to slash the prison population in England and Wales, and because short sentences do not work. Assuming it does not just mean longer sentences, this is good news.
Full story - Guardian Law
 

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Monday

8th April - Law News

2658th 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: People comemorated this Sunday the victims of the genocide which started on April 6, 1994 in Rwanda and lasted about 100 days, claiming the lives of 800,000 people, or 10 percent of the country’s total population.


Focus of the Day Article:
Committee calls for abolition of short sentences & criticises government’s ‘crisis management’ approach. Judges in the criminal courts should be given powers to monitor non-custodial interventions and short sentences should be abolished, an 18-month parliamentary inquiry has recommended.
Full story - New Law Journal
 

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Sunday

7th April - Law News

2657th 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 World Bank ranks many countries in Africa among the hardest places to do business. However, an ambitious project to ease trade between them is a step closer to reality. The African Union agreed last year to create a free trade zone on the continent, the largest since the World Trade Organization was formed. On Tuesday, Gambia became the 22nd country to ratify the accord, reaching the threshold for it to be implemented. It's hoped the deal will reduce tariffs and trade rules, and create jobs for a market of 1.2 billion people. But Africa's largest economy, Nigeria, isn't on board with the agreement. So will the deal succeed?



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Saturday

6th April - Law News

2656th 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: Is self-defense the answer to ensure safety? What makes cities safer? What can one do to help make cities more secure? A distinguished panel comprising of Raghav Chadha, National Executive Member, Aam Aadmi Party, RJ Ginnie from Radio City, Laveesh Bhandari, Economist and Author and Director - Operations and Head of Cities, Uber India and South Asia, Prabhjeet Singh, give their views and speak about possible solutions.



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Friday

5th April - Law News

2655th 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: We went back to Raqqa, which was liberated more than a year and a half ago, to see how people were getting by. We saw Syrians dancing to celebrate the final battle against ISIS. But destruction is still all around and progress is slow. The fear now is that frustration could breed radicalization once again.


Focus of the Day Article:
UK lawyers embark on government mission to boost legal services in Nigeria as part of forging global partnerships.
Full story -The Global Legal Post

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Thursday

4th April - Law News

2654th 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: Despite Australia’s efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions there’s one area that continues to be problematic – industry. It is the second biggest contributor to Australia’s emissions. The emissions from industry include the greenhouse gases that come mainly from manufacturing and extracting and processing resources. They make up about 30 percent of Australia’s emissions and they’re rising. Right now, the government essentially lets big polluters nominate their own carbon emissions limits


Focus of the Day Article:
The question of how the Law Society should deal with the new types of practice soon to be permitted to solicitors – the so-called freelance solicitors, and solicitors in unregulated entities - is a difficult one. To recap, last November the LSB approved handbook changes put forward by the SRA which introduced new permitted types of working conditions for solicitors, with the new rules due this summer. The Law Society has consistently and strongly opposed the changes.


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