Tuesday

3rd October - Law News

2108th 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 Syrian army, backed by Russian air power, is making a last push to repel the remaining terrorists out of the largely-liberated city of Deir ez-Zor. Citizens there have had to endure three years of siege by Islamic State.


Focus of the day story:  Britain will be 'world embarrassment' unless rights watchdog has more powers. David Isaac, chair of Equality and Human Rights Commission, urges action to make sure not only the wealthy get justice. Full story - Guardian Law
 

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Monday

2nd October - Law News

2107th 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 Saudi Arabia many women are celebrating following a royal decree from King Salman allowing them to drive for the first time. The law will be changed by June next year, ending Saudi Arabia's status as the only country to ban women drivers on the roads.


Focus of the day story: Anti-human rights rhetoric and post-Brexit equality concerns are posing a serious threat to the UK’s global status as a champion for human rights, the UN has been told. Full story - New law Journal
 

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Sunday

1st October - Law News

2106th 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: As Catalonia prepares to hold a historic referendum on whether to split from Spain, Catalonia's pro-independence President Carles Puigdemont, a former journalist, talks to Al Jazeera. He says “one important thing has happened in the past few days. There is a new majority in Catalonia, a wide ranging majority amongst the Catalans people which has grown that want to vote – be it ‘yes’ or ‘no’, but they want to vote and this is unstoppable. Referendums are not carried out by the courts or the police, its voters who make up a referendum… The wish to vote is unstoppable. You cannot put a brake on it.…Today the debate is not between independence yes or no, it’s above all between those who wish to create a new state right from the grassroots. A modern state. Or to continue with an authoritarian state which can cut back on our freedom, our liberties, to compel us to continue forming part of this state.”


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Saturday

30th September - Law News

2105th 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: Dr Eva Orsmond investigates why where you are born and raised in Ireland can have a dramatic impact on how long you live. In Moyross, Limerick, Dr Eva met Jeanette, a mum of seven, who showed her the reality of her weekly shop.


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Friday

29th September - Law News

2104th 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: Testing the limits of free speech in US colleges - We went inside the rise of the far right and alt right on college campuses, speaking to the extremists and leaders of the movements that are testing the right to free speech to its very limit. They talk of being emboldened by President Trump’s ambiguous response - following violent clashes in August after a “unite the right” march at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville left one anti-fascist protester dead.

Focus of the day story:   The Lavinia Woodward case exposes equality before the law as a myth. The leniency shown by the courts to a “promising” Oxford graduate reveals the social and racial inequality at the core of our justice system. Full story - Guardian Law

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Thursday

28th September - Law News

2103rd 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: Two gay dads redefining the meaning of family through foster care. John Guthrie and Dennis Cash never wanted kids. In fact, they had never even discussed the idea. But 20 years ago, an ad in the local paper made them stop and think - did they have what it takes to foster a child?


Focus of the day story:  Prices and complaints data must be published says SRA. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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Wednesday

27th September - Law News

2102nd 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: Over 6.4 million people in the south-eastern US were warned to evacuate as Hurricane Irma ripped through communities across Florida. As the residents of Bonita Springs clean up Irma’s devastation, they turn to their faiths and to each other to find a way forward.


Focus of the day story:  MoJ rejects ICAEW regulatory application. ‘It is one thing for accountancy practices to be expert in taxation, but quite another to be proficient in the conduct of civil or criminal litigation’. Full story - Solicitors Journal

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