Friday

9th November - Law News

2510th 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: Northern Territory Police were called to respond to a major disturbance at Darwin's Don Dale youth detention centre on Tuesday night where a fire later broke out. The facility was surrounded by emergency crews, including ambulance officers and firefighters who were called out to the incident just before 7:00pm. A Northern Territory Hazardous Chemicals vehicle also attended the scene. A number of detainees were seen on the roof earlier in the evening, with what appeared to be smoke visible at the entry of the centre. By 10:00pm two buildings appeared to be ablaze. Just after midnight, multiple detainees were seen being escorted from the facility in police vehicles.


Focus of the Day Article:
The only female Afghan-born barrister practising in England and Wales revealed yesterday that she had been asked by a solicitor to return her brief because the client wanted “a white male barrister”.
Lawyers on Twitter exploded with anger after Rehana Popal of 10 King’s Bench Walk tweeted what had happened.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Thursday

8th November - Law News

2509th 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: Her son is just 1, but she knows soon he will be perceived as a “big black boy.” Can she overcome the “systems” she feels are in place to oppress her young son?


Focus of the Day Article:
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has reminded firms handling conveyancing transactions that every effort must be made to avoid any hint of conflict. Greater Manchester firm Sleigh Son & Booth was fined £2,000 at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal last month for failing to secure informed written consent from clients about acting where a potential conflict may arise. 

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Wednesday

7th November - Law News

2508th 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 the Prime Minster tries to deliver a Brexit deal that works for the country as whole, we reveal what the British people think of the likely deal on offer. Channel 4 commissioned the largest independent survey of attitudes across the whole of the UK conducted since the referendum, asking 20,000 people drawn from every UK constituency for their views, and put the results to politicians and those who stand to gain, or lose, most from the outcome; all before a live studio audience.


Focus of the Day Article:
UK reform efforts start to tackle online abuse. Reform of the criminal law needed to protect victims from online abuse, which is now commonplace, says the UK Law Commission.
Full story - The Global Legal Post

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Tuesday

6th November - Law News

2507th 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 Kenya's south-eastern Tana River region, baby girls in the Oromo community are engaged on the day they are born. Parents of the children say the tradition ensures the girl's future is secure, and that it builds strong relationships between families and communities.


Focus of the Day Article:
If the police can’t tackle ‘minor’ crimes, how long before we take it upon ourselves? As private security firms proliferate there’s a danger we’ll lose the rule of law
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

5th November - Law News

2506th 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: Over 5,000 Palestinians are imprisoned in Israel with more than 500 serving life sentences for terror-related offences. They are often forbidden from having any kind of physical contact with their family. This has led the wives of some prisoners concerned about their bloodline to resort to radical methods.



Focus of the Day Article:
Austerity was used as an excuse to ‘over-cut’ the justice budget, the Bar Council has implied, in a report that reveals the shattering consequences of a decade of disinvestment in legal aid.
The report, Justice in the age of austerity, by Professor Martin Chalkley, was launched at a Justice Week event, just days after the Chancellor of the Exchequer cut Ministry of Justice (MoJ) funding by £300m to £6bn per year in his Autumn Budget.
Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

4th November - Law News

2505th 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: Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, accused of running one of the world's biggest illegal drug business, will go on trial in the United States on Monday. Born into poverty in the mountains of Sinaloa, El Chapo headed the powerful drug cartel for years, amassing a fortune and overseeing an illicit empire with links around the globe.

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Saturday

3rd November - Law News

2504th 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 2012, Hyderabad based Azhar Maqsusi started an initiative of distributing food to underprivileged people in nearby areas. The founder of 'Hunger Has No Religion' now feeds around 1,200 people every day through his program that has been expanded to other cities across the country. In a chat with Shekhar Gupta on Walk The Talk, the young activist throws light on the inspiration behind his journey and his future plans to take the mission ahead. This good Samaritan, who started working at the young age of 12, aims to continue working towards tackling hunger. He extensively uses social media platforms to connect with like-minded people and get support for his mission.



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