Thursday

18th June - Law News

3096th 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:  Six boys, some as young as 13, have appeared in court over a brawl in Deer Park, Melbourne, yesterday in which a teenager was killed. Police say Solomone Taufeulungaki as set upon by up to 10 people. Today, his parents paid tribute to him, vowing love and forgiveness for his killer.


Focus of the Day Article: A standalone online dispute resolution service should be set up to give self-employed workers access to justice, a left-wing thinktank has proposed. In a report The Self-Employed Justice Gap, the Fabian Society says that online justice, supported by artificial intelligence, could resolve disputes over matters such as employment status and late payments. Full story - Law Society Gazette


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Wednesday

17th June - Law News

3095th 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:  With the three-year anniversary of Grenfell happening in the midst of a global pandemic, the community is having to adapt their usual way of marking and remembering what happened on 14 June 2017. This year they are having to come together online.


Focus of the Day Article: Employment lawyers could be about to see a surge in enquiries, with data from Citizens Advice showing that people are becoming increasingly concerned about redundancy.Divorce is also entering people’s thoughts more, it found. Full story - Legal Futures


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Tuesday

16th June - Law News

3094th 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:  America's top court has ruled that employers who fire workers for being gay or transgender are breaking the country's civil rights laws. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court said federal law, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, should be understood to include sexual orientation and gender identity. The ruling is a major win for LGBT workers and their allies. And it comes even though the court has grown more conservative. Lawyers for the employers had argued that the authors of the 1964 Civil Rights Act had not intended it to apply to cases involving sexual orientation or transgender. The Trump administration sided with that argument.


Focus of the Day Article: The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has backed a new report on the regulation of legal services south of the border. Full story - Scottish Legal News


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Monday

15th June - Law News

3093rd 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:  The International Criminal Court (ICC) has condemned a new round of American sanctions on officials probing potential US war crimes, saying Washington’s “threats and coercive actions” cannot be allowed to hinder the rule of law.


Focus of the Day Article: The government’s U-turn on ADR (alternative dispute resolution) in the small claims portal will give insurers an incentive to deny liability for whiplash claims, an MP has claimed. Full story - New Law Journal
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