Tuesday

28th May - Law News

2708th 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 is estimated that 80% of the Yazidi women rescued from the dying days of the so-called Islamic State have had children with their jihadi captors. They were kidnapped from the the Yazidi community five years ago, but are not allowed to return until they abandon their children born during IS-captivity.




Focus of the Day Article:
Sir Rupert Jackson―architect of the 2013 civil costs reforms―has proposed radical ideas to transform clinical negligence. The retired Lord Justice of Appeal gave the keynote speech at the Medico-Legal Conference 2019 in London last week, on the subject of ‘Medical errors: sanctions and compensation―is there another way?’. ‘The legal system does not adopt a coherent approach to medical cases in the same way that it does to family cases or other specialist cases,’ Sir Rupert said.  
Full story - New Law Journal

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Monday

27th May - Law News

2707th 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: Police blocked streets and used tear gas against #YellowVests protesters in #Paris on Saturday. Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the capital for the 28th consecutive weekend. The numbers of protesters increased again after dwindling for a couple of weeks. The large rally in Paris on Saturday comes just ahead of #France's vote in the European parliamentary elections.




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Sunday

26th May - Law News

2706th 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: Kenya's government is bringing in a new biometric ID card for all citizens above the age of six. Officials say it will make the country safer, and improve access to public services. But others fear the move could be risky and infringe on people's privacy.




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Saturday

25th May - Law News

2705th 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: One of the concerns emerging out of the huge mandate of the BJP is whether it will challenge the already strained idea of India as a secular state. At the BJP headquarters, giving his victory speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that this election has unmasked those who claim to be secular. On this show, we look at whether the political consensus around the idea of secularism ended.




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Friday

24th May - Law News

2704th 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 rise of Airbnb and other short-stay accommodation options is dividing tourist towns across Australia. Some people feel it creates healthy competition and boosts visitor numbers, whereas hoteliers want unregistered holiday homes shut down. In the Western Australian tourist mecca of Margaret River, it's pitted neighbour against neighbour



Focus of the Day Article:
EU Council to impose cyber-attack sanctions. New framework will allow the EU and its member states to be more resistant and to respond to cyber-attacks with sanctions.
Full story - The Global Legal Post


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Thursday

23rd May - Law News

2703rd 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: Judge Edgardo Ramos in New York refused to block subpoenas from the House of Representatives for Trump's financial records from Deutsche Bank and Capital One. It's the second such ruling against the President in three days.



Focus of the Day Article:
A civil liberties group is taking on a police force which it says has scanned thousands of people’s faces without their knowledge or consent at high-profile events such as the 2017 Champions League Final and Ed Sheeran concerts. The High Court, sitting at Cardiff Civil and Family Justice Centre, today began hearing Liberty’s challenge against South Wales Police’s deployment of automated facial recognition software. The civil liberties group is representing Ed Bridges, who believes his face was scanned by the force at a peaceful anti-arms protest and while he was doing his Christmas shopping.
Full story - The Law Society Gazette


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