Saturday

24th February - Law News

2253rd 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 Focus: Once an unspoilt Caribbean paradise, last September, Hurricane Irma turned the island of Barbuda into a scene of devastation. But months later, many residents continue to accuse the government of a land grab, by amending laws which have kept the island under common ownership since slavery ended in the 1830s. Barbudan campaigners have brought legal action against the government of Antigua and Barbuda, two islands which form a twin state. Among the developers who could potentially benefit from the changes is the Hollywood actor Robert de Niro. His attempts to build a luxury resort and gain access to land on the island are fiercely opposed by campaigners.



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Friday

23rd February - Law News

2251st 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 Focus: Amnesty International says leaders including Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are undermining human rights. What is behind the rise in global rights violations?


Focus of the Day Story: The Law Society and the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) are discussing the possibility of a new career path for criminal lawyers involving both defence and prosecution work, it has emerged. Angela Rafferty QC, chair of the CBA, warned this week of the “decimation” of both the criminal Bar and the solicitors’ profession if no action was taken to tackle an “unprecedented recruitment crisis”. Full story - Legal Futures


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Thursday

22nd February - Law News

2250th 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 Focus: The brutal rape of a 23-year-old student on a bus in Delhi shocked the world. The victim, who became known as Nirbhaya (‘fearless’), succumbed to her injuries two weeks later, but not before giving testimonies against her attackers. Her death provoked outrage and protests across India as people demanded dramatic improvements to women’s rights. But five years on, has anything really changed? We revisit the city to ask women what they think


Focus of the Day Story: Barristers are less happy in their working lives than staff in the National Health Service, with stress and a failure of chambers to help with pressures outside work among major concerns. According to the results of two surveys, one on quality of working life and the other on the courts' flexible operating hours (FOH) proposal, barristers said they are unsatisfied with their working life, the conditions they work in, and how they will be able to manage if plans to introduce evening and early morning sittings at courts are introduced. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


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Wednesday

21st February - Law News

2249th 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 Focus: Recently-discovered secret govt documents have shed light on the practice of forced sterilization in Japan. It affected thousands of people with mental or physical health issues.


Focus of the Day Story: Campaigners call for 'upskirting' law for England and Wales. Ministry of Justice says legislation around the issue is under ‘constant review’. Full story - Guardian Law


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Tuesday

20th February - Law News

2248th 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 Focus: "Go back to where you came from!" Australians on Asylum Seekers and Multiculturalism.


Focus of the Day Story: The mechanism of Child Contact Interventions is a rare and precious resource when it comes to Child Arrangements Orders. Child Contact Interventions can have an incredibly positive effect in Private Children proceedings, yet are restricted in application. This is to the detriment of many children in so-called "intractable hostility" cases. Full story - Family Law Week


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Monday

19th February - Law News

2247th 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 Focus: Despite its reputation as a haven for refugees, Canada has been deporting North Korean asylum seekers who came to the country through South Korea. Nearly 2,000 have been sent away since 2013 because the government says they lied on their asylum application forms.


Focus of the Day Story: Court hearings via video are to be piloted this spring, starting with tax appeals. HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) said it was writing to potential participants this week to invite them to take part in the pilot. The video hearings will take place over the internet, with each participant logging in from a location of their choice, using a webcam and, for the purposes of the pilot, the judge located in the courtroom. Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

18th February - Law News

2246th 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 Focus Americans represent 4% of the world's population, but own 48% of privately held guns. John Barron from ABC's Planet America gives you the facts when it comes to guns in America.



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