Tuesday

9th May - Law News

1960th 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: A reporter asks White House press secretary Sean Spicer why President Trump's website still mentions "preventing Muslim immigration", and the online page is erased shortly afterwards.


Focus of the day story:  Minimum wage ruling creates uncertainty over care worker pay. Employment tribunal decision will have serious consequences for social care - but local authorities say they can’t afford to pay more. Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

8th May - Law News

1959th 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: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his former KGB colleagues visited an ex-East Germany station chief to wish their former boss well on his 90th birthday.

Focus of the day story: Lawyers attack government proposals but survey shows overwhelming public support. Government proposals for fixed costs in clinical negligence claims worth up to £25,000 would make only the most straight forward cases commercially viable, leaving many vulnerable patients without a legal remedy, lawyers say. Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

7th May - Law News

1958th 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: At the height of the Cold War, it was rare that foreigners got a glimpse of life behind the Iron Curtain, but during that time tens of thousands were actually invited to Russia as part of an annual youth festival. One man who came over 60 years ago has now returned to Moscow to see how the city has changed.


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Saturday

6th May - Law News

1957th 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: Afghan health workers and medical facilities under threat. Attacks on medical facilities and staff during global conflicts remained high last year.


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Friday

5th May - Law News

1956th 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: Democrats hope to have history repeat itself, by targeting House GOP health care 'yes' votes in districts won by Hillary Clinton in 2016.


Focus of the day story: Serious Fraud Office restrictions on lawyers from accompanying witnesses being interviewed for fraud cases have come under fire from the Law Society. Chancery Lane today said that solicitors should not face 'inappropriate restrictions' on their work. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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Thursday

4th May - Law News

1955th 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: Biotech giant Monsanto is being accused of hiring, through third parties, an army of Internet trolls to counter negative comments, while citing positive “ghost-written” pseudo-scientific reports which downplay the potential risks of their products.


Focus of the day story: The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has opened the way to replace the criminal standard of proof in disciplinary matters with the civil standard, in a move that could well ripple across the profession amid growing pressure to adopt the civil standard uniformly.  Full story - Legal Futures

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Wednesday

3rd May - Law News

1954th 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: A new initiative in the Dominican Republic is crowdsourcing volunteers in medical emergencies. Amelia Martyn-Hemphill went onboard to see how it works.


Focus of the day story: ‘Pointless’ fixed costs risk patient safety. Public backs fixed costs, poll shows, as Medical Protection Society calls on government to be ‘bold’.  Full story - Solicitors Journal

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Tuesday

2nd May - Law News

1953rd 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: Marine Le Pen's rise in 'forgotten France' . In the run-up to the French presidential election, the far-right Front National leader has courted growing numbers of voters in rural France where residents of villages and small towns have seen factories close and services disappear.


Focus of the day story: HMRC’s raid on two top football clubs indicates it is stepping up activity ahead of a new criminal offence due to come into force this autumn, tax lawyers say. Full story - New Law Journal

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Monday

1st May - Law News

1952nd 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: Thousands of Greek workers have marked International Labour Day by taking to the streets to protest against new looming austerity measures.


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Sunday

30th April - Law News

1951st 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: Getting your message across can be hard especially if you are an anti-corruption activist trying to get members of congress to listen. Doug Hughes thought that delivering a batch of protest mail to the US Capitol by gyro-copter might grab their attention, although it just grabbed him time in jail – 2 years on he is trying a more conventional approach.


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