Friday

3rd July - Law News

3111th 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:  Dublin man Joe Smith went to St James’s Hospital on Easter Monday having experienced kidney pain at home. During his stay he tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted to the hospital’s Covid Intensive Care Unit. In this video we follow his story.

Focus of the Day Article: Majority of tech GCs say their firms are unprepared for new global privacy regulations, survey finds. Only 31% of GCs say their organisations are prepared for CCPA and other privacy laws. Full story - The Global Legal Post
 
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Thursday

2nd July - Law News

3110th 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:  Amidst the global pandemic, China has ratcheted up its rhetoric against Australia, enacted Hong Kong's new national security bill, and begun a military build up on its border with India. But Bonnie Glaser - the director of the China Power Project at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washi.

Focus of the Day Article: The Law Society has called on the government to help nurture developments in legal technology as part of its initiative to get the economy on its feet again following the pandemic. This could include more flexibility over the apprenticeship levy and tax breaks for lawtech startups, the Society said. Full story - Law Society Gazette
 
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Wednesday

1st July - Law News

3109th 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:  China has passed a law aimed at preventing a repeat of last year's pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. There has been strong international condemnation of the hastily-passed legal crackdown, which is already leading to anti-Beijing groups disbanding.

Focus of the Day Article: The Law Society has called on the government to allow firms to use the apprenticeship levy more flexibly than now to create new jobs and retrain staff as part of the support needed in the wake of Covid-19. It also urged tax incentives to encourage solicitors’ investment in technology as well as continuing wider financial support, such as a temporary cut in VAT. The new campaign, dubbed ‘Return, Restart and Recovery’, said allowing firms to spend the apprenticeship levy on a wider range of support would allow them “to create the new jobs that will provide the backbone of the sector in the long term”. Full story - Legal Futures
 
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Tuesday

30th June - Law News

3108th 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 government has said it may fine parents in England who refuse to send their children back to school by September. The suggestion was made by the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, who said he wanted all age groups to return to classrooms in the autumn. Teaching unions have said that threatening parents is the wrong approach and that people who were concerned about their children’s safety needed reassurance.

Focus of the Day Article: Family court judges given power to intervene in domestic abuse cases. Pilot scheme, recommended by expert panel report, will aim to avoid re-traumatising victims and their children. Full story - Guardian Law
 
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Monday

29th June - Law News

3107th 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:  Every day, 1,600 trafficked, enslaved and abandoned women and girls sell themselves for £2 a time. In the midst of the trade live 300 children, many born in the village in Bangladesh. Some will be groomed to be the future of the business like their mothers and grandmothers. With education and support, a few may find their way out.

Focus of the Day Article: An inquiry into miscarriages of justice in private prosecutions has been launched by the Justice Committee - the Committee wants to look at the potential consequences of an organisation investigating and prosecuting a case, when that organisation is also the alleged victim of the offence. Are existing safeguards sufficient? Should there be further limits on the rights of large organisations to bring private prosecutions? What is the potential for miscarriages of justice to take place? Full story - New Law Journal
 
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  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/nd9IBXjJw6 
  • Hearts take legal advice after Neil Doncaster sent clubs 'misleading' letter about court case https://t.co/6RIuicPtFo
  • Is It Legal for #US Cops to Force You to Unlock Your Phone? Because the relevant Supreme Court precedents predate the smartphone era, the courts are divided on how to apply the Fifth Amendment https://t.co/IgcRTWk7JZ
  • Legal profession responds rapidly to Covid-19 challenges https://t.co/kgUDsCHO49
  • UK Labour calls to ban illegal #Israeli settlement imports in response to annexation https://t.co/HCDd1ki5wv 
  • A year after pledging to go ‘net-zero’, what has the UK achieved? https://t.co/yQCxVzRRFe 
  • A suspect has been arrested after a fatal shooting at a protest in Louisville, Kentucky over the killing of Breonna Taylor, police said #US https://t.co/kaF8j4tlGB
  • People urinating and pensioners scared after pub opens doors https://t.co/weESY4B3Pq
  • Jewish groups and MPs condemn Nigel Farage over antisemitic 'dog-whistles' https://t.co/SvLj1n4LFt 
  • Officials deal with more than 200 people wild camping in Lake District https://t.co/x4OxGoZoCE 
  • Revealed: Developers PM backed when London mayor give almost £1m to Tories https://t.co/ZTagNURU7P
  • Bomb attack kills two human rights workers in Kabul #Afghanistan https://t.co/RsNiOtyV3x
  • #US President Donald Trump has retweeted a video showing one of his fascist supporters loudly shouting "white power" https://t.co/a6jzhTmzrK 
  • The UK remains "on a knife edge" and must act "sensibly" over the summer months to stop a second wave of coronavirus, a scientist has warned https://t.co/D2jclOv7Z5 
  • #Yemen crisis: Five years of hunger, five years of war https://t.co/QYdRe6e5vD
  • How Delhi 'wasted' lockdown to become #India's biggest hotspot https://t.co/RbPJOPgNmD
  • Black teenager on London charity cycle ride injured during ‘aggressive’ arrest: Calls for investigation after 13-year-old and his father are wrongly detained by officers investigating stabbing https://t.co/AogDL3NZxn
  • Opposition parties have raised concerns as official figures show the speed of processing Welsh coronavirus tests has declined every week since mid-May https://t.co/T9TsSUG3HH
  • Mississippi moves to strip Confederate emblem from state flag #US https://t.co/W1ce4SGE9Z 
  • The city of Leicester may be facing a localised lockdown after a rise in coronavirus cases, Home Secretary Priti Patel has confirmed https://t.co/YlarJuro1T
  • Ban for ex-law firm office worker who set up spy cam in Starbucks toilet - Legal Cheek https://t.co/VwDKJ2jzcA
  • Squire Patton Boggs pushes ahead with autumn trainee intake - after previously warning it may defer TCs - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ldkBHaUUPA 
  • ULaw announces proposed super-exam training deal with Sheffield Uni - Legal Cheek https://t.co/mM07LAKNw
  • Allen & Overy cuts NQ solicitor pay by 10% - Legal Cheek https://t.co/Lw59NDUq3g
  • COVID-19: Mini-pupillages move online - Legal Cheek https://t.co/WdPUsFe9G
  • Clifford Chance is latest magic circle firm to cut NQ solicitor pay - Legal Cheek https://t.co/7e072Pbxbw
  • Black Solicitors Network urges law firm leaders to ‘walk the talk’ on diversity - Legal Cheek https://t.co/QFkhvqPrL6 
  • Macfarlanes ups TC numbers amid COVID-19 uncertainty - Legal Cheek https://t.co/CFetYnVKHA
  • Branching out: Could we give legal rights to trees? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/peoQfXPNcD 
  • British lawtech entrepreneur raises £9.6 million to fund 'robot lawyer' app - Legal Cheek https://t.co/yjU1UgkTfi
  • A snapshot of trainee life at an international law firm - Legal Cheek https://t.co/ZaZqMYV9rI
  • 'We just love being lawyers', sings CMS choir - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OZDu1hDWKv
  • Boost pupillage numbers by building a WeWork-style co-working space on one of the Inn’s ‘grand gardens’, says aspiring barrister - Legal Cheek https://t.co/p8EHez6Abx
  • Junior solicitor fined £10,000 over abusive messages to Bumble date - Legal Cheek https://t.co/epZgZ2u541 
  • BPTC students hit record numbers - but securing pupillage remains a big problem - Legal Cheek https://t.co/tcfiuqMYP1 
  • Former BPP employment law lecturer successfully sues for unfair dismissal - Legal Cheek https://t.co/vbWkVZGFNB 
  • WAGs at war: An exploration of the legal issues surrounding Rebekah Vardy's libel claim - Legal Cheek https://t.co/f920qkIn6T
  • Travers Smith posts 89% trainee retention score - Legal Cheek https://t.co/sEmOcsH7k2
  • 'I had no assurances that being gay in law was okay': LGBTQ+ students on life after coming out - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qhWXB1VtEK
  • Oxford Uni grad launches ‘TikTok Law School’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/q5sOnmr9g6
  • Two illegal street parties in London closed down by police https://t.co/fcOymiaTd3 
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/qbtbCT4VtH
  • Palestine and #Israel: Mapping an annexation https://t.co/jkf5z3oVTc 
  • Annexation in Palestine and Netanyahu's calculus #Israel https://t.co/vnKKBosvIn
  • Kashmir Muslims fear demographic shift as thousands get residency: Up to 25,000 BJP government supporters granted domicile certificates raising fears of the beginning of demographic change in Kashmir #India https://t.co/31xIVjYp3
  • Princeton to remove racist former president Woodrow Wilson's name from policy school #US https://t.co/qI9emgvbWd 
  • #Malawi opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera wins historic poll rerun https://t.co/x8WKLLVLsD
  • The man shot dead by police during a stabbing attack in Glasgow has been named as Badreddin Abadlla Adam. He was from Sudan https://t.co/pI3etwAxPv
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