Tuesday

24th July - Law News

2400th 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: In Iran, a teenager posted Instagram videos of herself dancing in her bedroom. Then the police came to interrogate her.

Focus of the Day Story:
Arts experts tell of ‘heartache’ over legal action rift with National Gallery
Workshop leaders and lecturers with ‘years of collective experience’ explain their claim for unfair dismissal.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

23rd July - Law News

2400th 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: Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok has faced a storm of criticism after saying there's no such thing, as a peaceful, multicultural society. The minister also dismissed the former Dutch colony Surinam, as a 'failed state' due to 'ethnic divisions'.

Focus of the Day Story:
Fortunes are made in the City while legal aid lawyers struggle—is it time for the commercial sector to pay back some of the profits it has received from the public sector?
Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

22nd July - Law News

2399th 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: It's a revolution against the man who led the revolution in Nicaragua. 39 years ago Daniel Ortega and Sandinista rebels were victorious in deposing president Anastasio Somoza. The left-wing rebel fighters called him a dictator - which is exactly what many are calling Ortega now. The three-time President's defied almost four months of protests against his rule. At least 300 protesters killed, thousands injured and condemnations from all over the world, from both friends and foes. So, what's next for Nicaragua?


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Saturday

21st July - Law News

2398th 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: One of the 17 men, accused of raping an 11-year-old girl at a posh apartment complex in Chennai, had worked as a security guard at a hospital, where the police say he learnt how to give sedatives used on women during childbirth.



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Friday

20th July - Law News

2397th 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: Vote Leave, which was the official Brexit campaign backed by Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, has been fined and referred to the police for breaking the law. Vote Leave's unlawful funnelling of cash through the youth-focused campaign group BeLeave was first exposed by Channel 4 News and The Guardian back in March when three whistleblowers came forward. They said Vote Leave had broken the law by handing £675,000 to BeLeave to pay controversial data firm Aggregate IQ. We talk to Shahmir Sanni, a former Vote Leave volunteer.


Focus of the Day Story:
The decision to postpone reform of the personal injury market has been met with unanimous approval - even from the insurers baying for change. Interested parties came out yesterday in support of the government’s revised plan to implement the Civil Liability Bill in April 2020 - a year later than originally envisaged. The revised plans were included in the government’s response to the Justice Select Committee’s critical report on the detail and process of reform.
Full story - The Law Society Gazette


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Thursday

19th July - Law News

2396th 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 Guardian spends the day getting to know the people Donald Trump tried to avoid during his visit to the UK. More than 100,000 people travelled to London from around the country to protest against the US president, according to the organisers of the two marches that converged on Trafalgar Square



Focus of the Day Story:
There was surprising unanimity yesterday in support of the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) decision to delay implementation of its whiplash reforms by a year to April 2020.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) expressed relief that the government had not accepted the justice select committee’s recommendation to lower the proposed new small claims limits for personal injury claims to £1,500.
Full story - Legal Futures


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Wednesday

18th July - Law News

2395th 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: Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers is put to a people’s tribunal in a new piece of political theatre at Sydney Opera House.


Focus of the Day Story:
Commons to debate progress on protecting victims of domestic abuse in the family courts. On Wednesday, 18 July 2018 the House of Commons will hold a Westminster Hall debate on progress on protecting victims of domestic abuse in the family courts. The Member leading the debate is Jess Phillips MP. In preparation for the debate, the House of Commons Library has published a research briefing on the subject. For the briefing, click here. Full story - Family Law Week


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Tuesday

17th July - Law News

2394th 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: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has revealed that he actually wanted Donald Trump to win the 2016 US presidential election. Russia, however, did not contribute to Trump’s win by any means, he insisted.


Focus of the Day Story:
Police ‘decriminalising cannabis’ as prosecutions fall away, yet it is difficult to walk through our large cities and concentration of young people without being able to smell a whiff of it.
Government figures sent to Norman Lamb MP reveal fall of 19% since 2015 in people prosecuted for possession.
 Full story - Guardian Law


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