Thursday

6th September - Law News

2446th 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 government says they were Russian intelligence operatives who went on to commit the Salisbury novichok attack before flying back to Moscow the same day. The Crown Prosecution Service said there's enough evidence to charge them, but there's little if any prospect of a trial.

Focus of the Day Article:
The government is confident that the legal aid sector is operating at sufficient capacity - despite being told that legal aid lawyers are 'hanging on by the skin of their teeth'. Labour MP Karen Buck. who secured a Westminster Hall debate last night on the government's post-implementation.

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Wednesday

5th September - Law News

2445th 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 court in Myanmar has sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison. It says they violated a state secrets act while investigating violence against the Rohingya minority. But the journalists and Reuters deny the charges and say they were framed.

Focus of the Day Article:
The new director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to call on the legal sector’s “expertise” to help in the fight against crime. In a first speech in the post, Lisa Osofsky also talked about plans to use machine learning and AI-based technology in the SFO’s investigations.
Full story - Legal Futures
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Tuesday

4th September - Law News

2444th 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: As we move towards the development phase of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination, this session looks at progress so far, how we will get the detail of the assessment right, and the implications and opportunities for your firm.

Focus of the Day Article:
MPs to decide whether to make misogyny a hate crime. Issue will be debated this week as calls grow for harassment of women to be seen as an offence.
Full story - Guardian Law
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Monday

3rd September - Law News

2443rd 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: Conflict of Interest? Ex-corporate lawyer now runs FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. Corporate lawyer Andrew Smith’s appointment to head the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer protection raised some eyebrows earlier this summer. Now, a heavily redacted set of documents have done little to allay this concern.

Focus of the Day Article:
Bereaved cohabitant Siobhan McLaughlin has won her case at the Supreme Court that unmarried couples should have a right to the widowed parent’s allowance.
Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

2nd September - Law News

2442nd 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: Indigenous communities have for centuries drawn on native scientific knowledge to help them understand the world around them. Known popularly as Traditional Knowledge, this observational evidence is verified by elders and passed on to successive generations, largely as an oral tradition.


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Saturday

1st September - Law News

2441st 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 an investigation that has major repercussions on aviation safety, the Enforcement Directorate is probing whether chartered planes were used to ferry truckloads of cash and other illicit material in and outside of India.



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Friday

31st August - Law News

2440th 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: Why should my law firm support trans employees? Rachel Reese and Daniel Winterfeldt discuss why law firms should support trans employees.


Focus of the Day Article:
There is “some uncertainty” as to whether non-lawyer partners of alternative business structures (ABSs) can be banned from working in the profession, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has admitted. The case where the issue came up also led to the regulator deciding it should not have sought a ban in any case. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) said in a recent ruling that it accepted the SRA’s arguments that section 43 orders could not be used against non-lawyer managers of ABSs.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Thursday

30th August - Law News

2439th 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: An investigation into the alleged links between the illegal rhino horn trade and corruption in Zululand's courts and its national parks.


Focus of the Day Article:
The Legal Aid Agency breached its duty to be transparent and clear when it failed to disclose its 'calculator' for assessing counsel's fees for what is expected to be a complex fraud trial, the High Court has ruled. Giving the lead judgment in Ames v The Lord Chancellor, which was handed down and published yesterday, Lord Justice Holroyde said he could not understand why the agency declined to disclose the calculator. 'The LAA, in our judgment, plainly owes a duty of transparency and clarity in relation to the operation of the "calculator". Even without that duty, we would have expected the LAA to want advocates to know the basis on which their fees were being assessed in [very high cost cases], not to keep it a secret. It would surely be advantageous to the LAA, in its negotiations with advocates, to be able to demonstrate why and how the use of the "calculator" has led to a particular fee offer.'

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