2848thEdition: LawNewsIndex is a
UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
Social Justice issues.
Today's Video Focus: The most famous brothers in Poland used to be the Law and Justice
party's Jaroslaw and Lech Kaczynski - twins who went on to become the
prime minister and the president, respectively.
2847thEdition: LawNewsIndex is a
UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
Social Justice issues.
Today's Video Focus: More than two months after the government imposed a communications
blackout in Jammu and Kashmir before revoking its decades-old special
privileges granted to the state under the constitution, postpaid mobile
connections will be restored on Monday. "All postpaid mobile phones will
be restored from noon Monday," Jammu and Kashmir Principal Secretary
Rohit Kansal said at a news briefing on Saturday.
2846thEdition: LawNewsIndex is a
UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
Social Justice issues.
Today's Video Focus: Irish banks charge some of the highest mortgage interest rates in the
Eurozone. Are they ripping-off customers? Explained here is how the banks set their rates, to give you an idea of what
you're paying for.
Focus of the Day Article: Global online platform Amazon has made a first move into the legal
services market with a new venture linking law firms with businesses
seeking to obtain intellectual property rights. Full story: The Global Legal Post
2845thEdition: LawNewsIndex is a
UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
Social Justice issues.
Today's Video Focus: Supporters of the cashless welfare card say it's already having a
positive impact in trial communities across Australia, but critics say
the evidence of success is thin.
Focus of the Day Article: Law firms attracting the highest number of complaints to the Legal
Ombudsman could find themselves in a published annual review of their
performance under new plans floated by the complaints handler. Full story: The Law Society Gazette
2844thEdition: LawNewsIndex is a
UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
Social Justice issues.
Today's Video Focus: A letter from the British government classifying Paulette Wilson as an
illegal immigrant shook her sense of identity and belonging. ‘Hostile
environment’ policies years in the making meant that Wilson and other
victims of the Windrush scandal had their right to residency in the UK
called into question. She had been detained for a week pending imminent
deportation though she had done nothing wrong. It was devastating, but
luckily she was released before she was deported. Here we follow Wilson
as she returns to Jamaica for the first time in 50 years, trying to make
sense of her place in the world and rebuild a sense of security and
belonging.
Focus of the Day Article: According to a report from the Law Society, Legal services sector forecasts 2017-2025,
growth in overall legal sector employment is likely to decline, partly
as a result of “increasing adoption of new technology and new working
methods”. It recorded predictions that “modest growth in the UK
economy and the increasing use of labour-saving technology and new
working methods in the sector, mean that total employment in the sector
is unlikely to grow at the rates we have seen in the past. Full story: Legal Futures
2843rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
Social Justice issues.
Today's Video Focus: Captain Cook arrived in New Zealand exactly 250 years ago, leading the
first European fleet to reach its shores.
New Zealand (or Aotearoa) is marking the anniversary in a big way, but
Maori activist Tina Ngata says there is little to celebrate.
She says Maori people are disproportionately poor, in jail and
discriminated against, and that this all has its roots in New Zealand's
colonial past.
Focus of the Day Article: How your title deeds could make you liable for archaic obligations. Those unaware of restrictive covenants can become liable for life-changing sums out of the blue. Full story: Guardian Law
Aggressive protests like that in Brighton mean the real causes of transphobia go unaddressed https://t.co/RtFdL0bwY
2842nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
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Today's Video Focus: Rioters were seen destroying surveillance cameras of businesses and
hitting fire sprinklers at a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station in Hong
Kong's Mong Kok district on Saturday, as tensions escalated following
the government's new ban on masks.
Focus of the Day Article: According to
the Family Court Quarterly Statistics
for April to June 2019, published last
week, 28,144 divorce petitions were made, a fall of 13%, while financial
remedy
cases fell 5%. Divorces take longer on average, up five weeks to 33
weeks for decree nisi and up three weeks to 58 weeks for Decree
Absolute. Only 41% of
care proceedings meet the 26-week target―the average time is 33 weeks. Full story: New Law Journal
2841st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
Social Justice issues.
Today's Video Focus: Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam invoked the use of emergency
powers on Friday, allowing the government to ban face masks at protests,
in an attempt to further clamp down on pro-democracy rallies that have
rocked the city since June.
Lam said that the ban will take effect on Saturday, October 5. Reports
said that the ban will be effective as early as midnight.
