Monday

11th April - Law News

1567th 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: Will litigation funding replace CFAs in lower value cases? Insolvency litigation underwent a sea-change this week as its exemption from the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) finally came to an end. Full story - New Law Journal


Saturday Conversations on Law
Today's video story: For more than a year now, hundreds of thousands of people have been boarding overcrowded boats provided by smugglers along the Turkish coast.

Sunday

10th April - Law News

1566th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap



Saturday Conversations on Law
Today's video story: A mini-documentary about the qualities of a good lawyer and the role that excellent English language and communication skills play for lawyers. Features interviews with legal professionals in Hong Kong.

Saturday

9th April - Law News

1565th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap



Saturday Conversations on Law
Today's video story: Apple CEO Tim Cook explains Apple's encryption and privacy policies, in a discussion with WSJ's Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker at the Wall Street Journal's technology conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., in October.

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



Saturday Conversations on Law
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.

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



Saturday Conversations on Law
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. 

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


Saturday Conversations on Law
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?

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


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