Friday

8th April - Law News

1564th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Commercial pressures could threaten barristers’ independence and tempt them to take risks that harm consumers, the bar regulator has warned. In its first risk outlook, the Bar Standards Board says pressures arise from cuts to legal aid, the rising number of litigants in person, and competition from alternative business structures and solicitors' firms. Full story - The Law Society Gazette



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Today's video story: The smiling face that greets refugees when they get to the Greece-Macedonia border is that of Gabriela Andreevska. She welcomes them, feeds them, and sends them on their way to the EU feeling like human beings.
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Thursday

7th April - Law News

1563rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Firms quote lower prices in deprived areas compared with more affluent areas, across all practice areas. Findings published by the Legal Services Board (LSB) have proven that shopping around for legal services can save a consumer money. The most commonly used legal services consumers use, such as conveyancing, divorce, wills, power of attorney, and estate administration, were cited as services that varied significantly in their pricing. Full story - Solicitors Journal



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Today's video story: How to get started with a law firm marketing plan; all right, so first of all you have to identify what stage of growth your law firm is in. The first stage of growth is from revenues of zero to about $250,000. We call that creating a successful law practice. 
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Wednesday

6th April - Law News

1562nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: There is a serious lack of transparency over the pricing of common legal services, major new research has found – with those providers who do publish their rates and also the ones who offer fixed fees generally cheaper than law firms that do not. It showed big variations in prices – with some firms charging many thousands of pounds for services for which others were paid hundreds – and the potential benefits to consumers in shopping around. Full story - Legal Futures


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Today's video story: Lawyers, attorneys, law students - we're prone to depression, drinking and other mental and emotional issues - with all the support that exists, are we skipping the question that we ought to be asking ourselves and others - BEFORE they get into law?
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Tuesday

5th April - Law News

1561st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Arrangements for appointing senior judges in England and Wales are approaching a crisis. But you would have no idea of that from the the self-congratulatory news release put out by the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) to mark its 10th anniversary this week. Full story - Guardian Law


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Today's video story: Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark speaks to Newsnight about her candidacy for UN Secretary General.
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Monday

4th April - Law News

1560th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: From 1 April, all new civil legal aid applications must be made through the Client and Cost Management System (CCMS), the Legal Aid Agency has said. The CCMS has proved controversial due to repeated complaints from practitioners experiencing technical difficulties with the system. Last week, family lawyers’ group Resolution wrote to the Agency asking them to delay compulsory use of the system as it was “not fit for purpose”. Resolution and the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) released a joint statement this week expressing disappointment at the Agency’s decision to press ahead. They said more than two-thirds of users “reported regularly experiencing problems with CCMS in a recent survey”. Full story - New Law Journal



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Today's video story:  On the backdrop of the Indian Supreme Courts decision on National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), for the first time on Indian television, TIMES NOW brings you the biggest face between a union minister and a former Chief Justice of India. In the biggest debate of 2015, Union Minister Arun Jaitley is set to take on Former Chief Justice RM Lodha to put to rest the matter of greater authority between the legislature and judiciary.
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Sunday

3rd April - Law News

1559th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap



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Today's video story: Law of the fun - American police chiefs have been to Scotland to learn new techniques in how to avoid shooting violent suspects. 
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Saturday

2nd April - Law News

1558th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap


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Today's video story:  They are the UK's most powerful arbiters of justice and now, for the first time, four of the Justices of the Supreme Court talk frankly and openly about the nature of justice and how they make their decisions. The film offers a revealing glimpse of the human characters behind the judgments and explores why the Supreme Court and its members are fundamental to our democracy.
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