Wednesday

14th September - Law News

1725th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story:  The world's most dangerous prison ever, in Albany New York. A jail full to the brim.
 

Focus of the Day story: Four in ten managing partners at leading law firms see alternative providers such as the Big Four accountants and insurers as the biggest threat to the legal profession, according to a survey published today. Meanwhile, firms are more likely to eye growth from investment in technology and hiring established teams of lawyers, rather than merging with other firms. Full story - Legal Futures



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Tuesday

13th September - Law News

1724th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story:  Syria's nationwide ceasefire is underway - the result of marathon talks between Russia and the U.S. last week.
 

Focus of the Day story: Update 'archaic' laws to protect used car buyers, says Law Commission. Purchasers of vehicles used by previous owners to take out loans risk having them repossessed by finance firms, says group. Full story - Guardian Law


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Monday

12th September - Law News

1723rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: The political and military elite of South Sudan have made themselves rich while the country has been impoverished by a civil war of their making, according to a report commissioned by George Clooney. An investigative unit called “The Sentry” co-funded by the actor, and activist John Prendergast, spent two years following the money trail.
 

Focus of the Day story: The President of the Supreme Court once found himself justifying the inconsistencies in an elderly man’s unconvincing evidence because his mannerisms reminded him of his recently deceased father. Lord Neuberger recalled the experience while giving a speech on judicial ethics, at the recent Singapore Panel on Judicial Ethics and Dilemmas on the Bench. He said all human beings have preconceived ideas and notions, and the “important thing is that judges are as aware as they can be of any biases or prejudices they suffer from, and that they acknowledge and take into account those biases and prejudices when evaluating witnesses and their evidence.” Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

11th September - Law News

1722nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: In an exclusive interview on his legacy, President Obama speaks to The Times's Mark Landler and Coral Davenport on climate change while visiting Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
 


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Saturday

10th September - Law News

1721st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Pilgrims in Mecca are performing Tawaff – the ritual of walking around the Kaaba seven times in a counterclockwise direction. The circling is believed to demonstrate the unity of the believers in their worship of the One God.
 



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Friday

9th September - Law News

1720th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Human Rights & Social Justice.

Today's video story: In her first British TV interview, Wikileaks editor Sarah Harrison, who aided US whistleblower Edward Snowden, says:
 


Focus of the day:  Some victims may boycott the troubled sex abuse inquiry. What has gone wrong? The historic abuse inquiry won’t listen to those who suffered if they were over 18 at the time. But they were vulnerable, traumatised, and their lives ruined. Full story - The Guardian Law



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Thursday

8th September - Law News

1719th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Lawyers, Law, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Human Rights & Social Justice.

Today's video story: A day after Indian social activist Anna Hazare said that he is "very saddened to see" some of the colleagues of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal getting embroiled in various controversies, it was the turn of former Aam Aadmi Party leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan to voice their opinion on the ongoing crisis in AAP.
 


Focus of the day: Deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) are acceptable even in the most serious cases of financial misconduct – so long as the perpetrator cooperates with the authorities, a government fraud-buster said today. This means 'telling us everything', Matthew Wagstaff, joint head of bribery and corruption at the Serious Fraud Office, said. Full story - The Law Society Gazette




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