1734th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles
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Today's video story: Leftist FARC rebels have approved a landmark deal with the government, declaring an end to the five-decade war as it prepares to transition into a new political party. Colombians will now vote on the agreement in a referendum next month.
1733rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles
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Today's video story: Rakeyia Scott, the wife of Keith L. Scott, recorded the moments before and after the shooting of her husband by police in Charlotte, N.C. The video includes graphic violence and disturbing language.
Focus of the Day story: The bar regulator has told newly qualified barristers to use correct English grammar and spelling from ‘day one’ in the profession. The Bar Standards Board’s recommendation comes in a revised version of its Professional Statement and Threshold Standard and Competences – a document that sets out the ‘skills, knowledge and attributes’ expected of a barrister immediately after getting their practising certificate. Full
story - The Law Society Gazette
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Today's video story: The war in Yemen, which began early last year when the government was overthrown by rebel forces, has pushed the country to the brink of famine. This video contains distressing scenes from the start.
Focus of the Day story: Senior judge questions policy of cutting court funding while raising fees. Lord Justice Jackson’s remarks follow arguments from activists and lawyers that Tories are withdrawing access to justice. Full
story - Guardian Law
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Today's video story: Protests against police brutality are continuing into the night in two cities in the US state of North Carolina. They came after a police officer shot and killed 43-year-old black man Keith Lamont Scott earlier on Tuesday night. And following the fatal shooting by police of a black man five days earlier in the state of Oklahoma.
Focus of the Day story: A leading criminal silk has called for the Law Society and Bar Council to be scrapped to make way for a ‘unified’ trade union that can represent the legal profession in opposition to government cuts. ‘The Law Society and the Bar Council should go and we should have a unified negotiation body,’ the former chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA), Michael Turner QC. Full story - Solicitors Journal
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Today's video story: The hacker group 'Fancy Bears' has leaked its fourth batch of World Anti-Doping Agency drug test results – for some of the world’s top sports stars. The WADA medical data names a number of athletes who were permitted to take banned substances.
Focus of the Day story: Fears that the rewritten SRA Handbook might not continue the ban on law firms cold-calling potential personal injury clients have been allayed by the regulator. The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers spoke out last week after the new draft of the Handbook, published as part of its consultation on a major rewrite of the rules, the current rule which bans solicitors from cold-calling members of the public was omitted. However, a spokesman from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) said: “We have no intention of lifting the ban for solicitors working in personal injury and will make that clear in the final codes.” Full story - Legal Futures
