Saturday

8th September - Law News

2448th 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: Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said that being a liberal and a practicing lawyer, he did not agree with the anti-sacrilege bills recently passed by the Punjab Assembly. The former home minister, however, added that his views were "irrelevant" as he was not Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's "boss".



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Friday

7th September - Law News

2447th 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: When Fraser Anning made his controversial maiden speech he blamed the demise of Australia's European-based immigration program on "the rise of [former prime minister Gough] Whitlam in the Labor party". But Liberal MP Tim Wilson rebuffed that version of history, tweeting "Fact: Liberal Prime Minister Harold Holt abolished the White Australia Policy over 50 years ago. It is one of our proudest achievements." So who's right?

Focus of the Day Article:
The issue of how vulnerable witnesses are examined in court is by no means a new issue, but it is one that has regularly been hit by the spotlight in recent years. This is due to a variety of factors but perhaps one of the biggest is the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO 2012). As a result of legal aid being cut from the majority of private family law cases, we have had the highest number of litigants in person to date. The latest Family Court quarterly statistics published in 29 March 2018 have shown that in 37% of cases neither party had representation.
Full story - The Barrister

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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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