Friday

10th November - Law News

2146th 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 China's Xi Jinping consolidates his hold on power, the BBC gets a rare first hand account of his "war on law". Lawyer Xie Yanyi tells John Sudworth the authorities are allegedly harassing his family following his 18 months in detention.
 

Focus of the day story: Magistrates under pressure to conduct 'speedy justice' are reluctant to release offenders back into the community, a senior representative of the magistracy has revealed. Sheena Jowett, deputy chair of the Magistrates Association, told a Westminster Legal Policy Forum seminar on probation services that offenders' behaviour is often linked to possible mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse, learning difficulties and a possible history of trauma. Jowett said: 'We are being pushed for speedy justice these days. If someone is before us and pleads guilty, we are expected to deal with them on the day. If someone pleads not guilty, we do a pre-trial review, look at what's going on and set a trial date... One hearing for a guilty plea, two hearings for a not guilty plea.'. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


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Thursday

9th November - Law News

2145th 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 a stunning twist in the murder of a seven-year-old in the toilet of Ryan International School in Gurgaon in September, a senior student has been detained by the CBI. Sources say a Class 11 student is being suspected in the murder of Pradyuman Thakur, who was found with his throat slit on September 8. The student was detained last evening and will be produced before the juvenile board.
 

Focus of the day story: The full 200-firm running order of this year’s UK 200 is revealed for the first time this week with the publication of the entire ranking. It includes just four new firms in contrast to the 16 additions in last year’s report, underlining the relatively low level of consolidation activity in the UK market last year. Full story - The Lawyer


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Wednesday

8th November - Law News

2144th 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 massive leak of more than 13m files reveals the hidden wealth of some of the world’s richest people including sports stars, celebrities and heads of state. The Paradise Papers show how complex schemes set up in offshore islands can help the super-rich avoid billions in tax.


Focus of the day story: A law firm has been ordered to reveal to the tax man aspects of the advice it gave to a client after a tribunal found that the client had waived privilege in its grounds to bring an appeal out of time. However, to ensure that advice irrelevant to the issue at hand was not disclosed, the tribunal said it would review all redactions considered appropriate by Milton Keynes firm Altion Law. Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

7th November - Law News

2143rd 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:  Since moving in with Pakistani Muslim foster parents, Rebecca Brown - who is white British - has had school friends ask if she lives with terrorists, because of their religion. Reporter Ashley John-Baptiste has been to meet her her family, and speak to others about their experiences of interracial fostering.


Focus of the day story: Significant reforms to the rules on disclosure are to be piloted next year, following concerns the c Jails in Scotland less violent than in England and Wales, figures show. Statistics from Holyrood reveal 73% fewer incidents of violence in Scottish prisons than in English and Welsh last year. Full story - Guardian Law


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Monday

6th November - Law News

2142nd 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: Multiple people have been killed and others injured in a shooting Sunday at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, authorities said. The shooter was killed after a brief chase north into neighboring Guadalupe County, according Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Robert Murphy. It is unclear if the shooter was killed by police or took his own life, Murphy said.

Focus of the day story: Significant reforms to the rules on disclosure are to be piloted next year, following concerns the current regime is unmanageable. Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

5th November - Law News

2141st 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 UN says more than 10 million people do not have a country they legally belong to. They are known as the stateless. People who have neither citizenship nor a nationality. Often it means they have no travel documents, find it difficult to get a job, and are denied access to medical care and other state services. Their plight is highlighted in a report by the United Nations. The most widely covered case in recent months has been Myanmar's Rohingya community. They became officially the largest stateless minority in the world after Myanmar passed a law in 1982 that denied them citizenship. Until August, there were about one million Rohingya in Myanmar, but more than half of them are now in Bangladesh after fleeing a military crackdown. But why, in 2017, are so many people in this position? And what can be done about it?


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Saturday

4th November - Law News

2140th 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 traffic policeman hit by a car in Hyderabad, India on Tuesday lay dying on the road as cars and scooters passed him by without helping or even stopping. When he died in hospital today, his family donated his organs. N Lakshman was returning home around 1.30 am when he was hit by a car. CCTV footage that has been shared online and has gone viral shows the car simply swerving and taking off. In the 45-second video, three motorbikes drive past the policeman as he lay bleeding on the road, just 200 metres from his home.

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