Monday

6th August - Law News

2414th 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: A 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab has become the first person to be fined for flaunting Denmark’s contentious face-covering ban, which came into effect on Wednesday.

Focus of the Day Story:
The outlook for the UK’s personal injury (PI) market remains bleak for the coming years, with specialist firms needing to undertake more and more measures to adapt to changes, according to research published last week.
Full story - New Law Journal 
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Sunday

5th August - Law News

2413th 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: Members of Israel's Druze community are set to protest against the "nation-state" law. The law underlines the country as a Jewish state and downgrades the status of the Arabic language. Critics say it makes Israel's non-Jewish minorities into second-class citizens. The Druze are an Arabic-speaking group with their own distinct religious and cultural traditions. They make up two percent of Israel's population and are found mainly in the northern regions of Galilee, and Carmel. Unlike Arab Israelis, the Druze are not exempt from mandatory military service. Around six out of 10 men have served in the Israeli armed forces.



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Saturday

4th August - Law News

2412th 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: Just as we are processing the news of the sexual abuse of children at a Bihar shelter, there's also news emerging of the rape of a class XI student at a very elite boarding school. We are not identifying the school because of identity issues of the victim and the perpetrators who are both minors, however, it is a school which has illustrious alumni in practically every walk of life. Many alumnus of such prestigious schools say incidents of harassment are not uncommon. Tonight on Reality Check we ask is abuse at boarding schools a dirty secret no one wants to talk about.




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Friday

3rd August - Law News

2411th 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 1971, two police officers were shot dead in Harlem. Nineteen-year-old Jalil Muntaqim of the Black Liberation Army was convicted and sent to prison. Nearly half a century later, he's still locked up – and he believes he's a victim of his involvement in the black liberation struggle

Focus of the Day Story:
Consumers choose cheaper, faster 'lawbots' over expensive, slow lawyers. Divorce by lawbot? New survey says 70 per cent of consumers would be happy to consult a 'lawbot', while law firms worry about digital impacts.
Full story - The Global Legal Post
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Thursday

2nd August - Law News

2410th 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: Could asylum seekers travelling from New Zealand obtain a visa on arrival in Australia? Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says that asylum seekers who get to New Zealand can then travel to Australia without first applying for a visa, but is that the full story?

Focus of the Day Story:
More than 70% of trainees have said firms should do more to support them if they are not going to be kept on as newly qualified solicitors. Responding to a survey created by NQ Solicitors, a recruitment platform for junior lawyers, 72% of respondents believed more support would help them better prepare should they miss out on a full time role. Examples of potential support included advice over choice of direction, assisting with CV preparations and preparing for interviews.
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Wednesday

1st August - Law News

2409th 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: Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani took viewers of Fox and Friends and CNN on a wild ride Monday morning. Here’s his not-so-definitive guide to legal defense.

Focus of the Day Story:
Video hearings will not supplant face-to-face hearings in the majority of cases before the courts, even after their use is expanded, the deputy director of HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has predicted..
Full story - Legal Futures
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Tuesday

31st July - Law News

2408th 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: There are more than 4,000 people who work in Scotland's carnival yards - families whose heritage goes back centuries. Many of them live in Glasgow - but say they are being pushed out by the city's fast moving regeneration. And they say that's especially true in Govan where a £17 million development is being planned - where showpeople living on two waterfront sites fear their homes are being threatened.

Focus of the Day Story:
If we want to build trust in society, a new treason law is no way to do it. Calls to update an ancient law make no sense in a modern and polarised world.
Full story - Guardian Law
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Monday

30th July - Law News

2407th 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: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a step closer to being evicted from the Ecuadorian embassy in London after President Lenin Moreno said the whistleblower must "eventually" leave the facility.

Focus of the Day Story:
Lawyers highlight risks of courts project. Transformation programme may ‘fail to deliver expected benefits’, committee warns.
Full story - New Law Journal
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