Thursday

18th April - Law News

2668th 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-smuggling across the Channel. Migrants attacking women in dark alleys. All designed to fuel fears about immigration - perhaps the defining issue of the EU referendum. Tonight, this programme reveals disturbing new evidence of fakery - produced for Arron Banks's Leave.EU - and pumped out on social media in the run up to the vote in 2016. And at the heart of it, a secretive security company owned by Mr Banks.


 

Focus of the Day Article:
The chancellor of the High Court has made clear all existing cases must be subject to new disclosure procedures – contradicting the standard reference manual on litigation. In a case dealing with preliminary issues in the ownership dispute UTB LLC v Sheffield United Ltd & Ors, Sir Geoffrey Vos said the White Book, published earlier this year, had made a mistake in stating when procedures apply.
Full story -The Law Society Gazette

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Wednesday

17th April - Law News

2667th 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: Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are vowing to fight his possible extradition to the United States following his arrest in London, when British police forcibly removed Assange from the Ecuadorean Embassy, where he had taken asylum for almost seven years. On Thursday night, Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman spoke to Noam Chomsky about Assange's arrest, WikiLeaks and American power.


 

Focus of the Day Article:
A barrister’s non-contractual fees are property for the purposes of insolvency law and vest in his trustee in bankruptcy, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Overturning the High Court, Lord Justice Newey said the expectation of payment when fees were viewed as an honorarium was “not founded on mere hope or morality but reflects the unique nature of non-contractual barristers’ fees”.
Full story -Legal Futures

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Tuesday

16th April - Law News

2666th 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: Kemi and Mojo are two women who want to take back control of their bodies after their sexuality was stolen from them. They've joined one of the "UK's first plus-size dance classes" to build their confidence and learn to love themselves as they are. Both women have waived their right to anonymity to talk about their experiences of being raped in the hope of encouraging others to speak out.


 

Focus of the Day Article:
UN urges France to act on 'dire' living conditions of refugees. Special rapporteur for housing says plight of hundreds of migrants breaches their human rights.
Full story - New Law Journal


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Monday

15th April - Law News

2665th 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: Murder, war crimes, genocide...these are some of the worst atrocities under international law. From conflicts to the persecution of minorities because of religion or ethnicity, the world is facing more instances of human rights violations. Increasingly, the people responsible are not being punished. Qatar is holding a two-day conference on the issue with more than 250 representatives from the UN, EU and various rights organisations. They’re discussing ways to ensure the perpetrators of such crimes are held to account and don't escape justice.


 
Focus of the Day Article:
Justice Secretary David Gauke has announced an end to ‘blame game’ divorce, under major reforms due to become law as soon as parliamentary time allows. Family lawyers welcomed the proposals, which will remove fault from the divorce process, make irretrievable breakdown the sole ground for divorce, introduce joint divorce applications and remove the ability of one spouse to contest a divorce.
 Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

14th April - Law News

2664th 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: Around 62 refugees and asylum seekers picked up at sea by the AlanKurdi vessel 10 days ago were disembarked in Malta's Valletta harbour on Saturday, after Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat confirmed the reception would take place.


 

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Saturday

13th April - Law News

2663rd 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 Supreme Court says it won't stop the electoral bonds scheme right now, but orders political parties to give details of their donors to the Election Commission in a sealed envelope. The court will look at the issue in detail later. Is this one important step towards more transparency?


 

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Friday

12th April - Law News

2662nd 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: While the Mueller investigation has dominated the headlines, here’s how the ongoing probe into hush money paid to two women alleging affairs with Trump in the mid-2000s, could be the real threat to the President.


Focus of the Day Article:
The solicitor general has told charities spearheading this year's week-long pro bono celebration that he wants the event to reach out to new audiences. Robert Buckland QC MP announced today that National Pro Bono Week will take place between 4-8 November. He told staff at the National Pro Bono Centre in London this morning that, not only did he want this year's events to promote the value of pro bono, but 'in the adage of that lager commercial, refresh the parts others cannot reach. Reaching out to new audiences, making people more aware of the work you do and the value of pro bono'.
 

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