Monday

3rd December - Law News

2533rd 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 you live on opposite sides of a contested border, it's difficult to know what's really going on across the divide. Young locals in Gaza and Israel are trying to give each other and the world glimpses into what their lives are actually like.



Focus of the Day Article:
A cutting-edge report on the gender pay gap at law firms has presented in-depth analysis of the extent of the issue and what firms are doing to redress the balance. The 14,000-word report, Bridging the gender pay gap in law firms, includes statistics and commentary from the top 50 law firms. In the largest firms (50-plus partners), just 29% of partners are female.
Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

2nd December - Law News

2533rd 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: UNICEF is warning of an unprecedented humanitarian disaster for children in the Central African Republic. It says tens of thousands could starve to death, as Seleka and Anti-balaka fighters battle for control of land and resources in one of the least developed countries in the world.



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Saturday

1st December - Law News

2532nd 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: Tonight on Road to 2019, we discuss the political implications of the massive farmers' protest in the heart of Delhi which saw even arch rivals Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal join hands against the Modi government. Will it influence voters of Rajasthan and Telangana when they vote on December 7. Along with that we discuss the big semi-final, assembly elections and its impact on the road to 2019. Joining us on the show tonight is former union minister Jaswant Singh's son Manavendra Singh who quit the BJP, joined the Congress and now is taking on his ex-state boss and chief minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia.



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Friday

30th November - Law News

2531st 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: Reporter Sophie McNeill spends weeks on the streets of Melbourne with members of the city’s African community, the police and victims of crime, to work out what is driving the city’s crime panic.


Focus of the Day Article:
Employees still incentivised to bypass ABC. Survey reports companies are making progress on anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) strategies, but there is still much more work to do.
Full story - The Global Legal Post

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Thursday

29th November - Law News

2530th 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 meddling in the United States’ elections is not a hoax. It’s the culmination of Moscow’s decades-long campaign to tear the West apart. “Operation InfeKtion” reveals the ways in which one of the Soviets’ central tactics — the promulgation of lies about America — continues today, from Pizzagate to George Soros conspiracies. Meet the KGB spies who conceived this virus and the American truth squads who tried — and are still trying — to fight it. Countries from Pakistan to Brazil are now debating reality, and in Vladimir Putin’s greatest triumph, Americans are using Russia’s playbook against one another without the faintest clue.



Focus of the Day Article:
Regulators have vowed to take action against any solicitor found to have neglected their wider obligations simply to keep a client happy. In an update published today, the Solicitors Regulation Authority reminded practitioners they must adhere to all their professional obligations when engaged in litigation. The SRA cited the example of the use of non-disclosure agreements, incorporating issues such as discrimination, harassment or sexual abuse. Where lawyers have arranged these agreements, they are reminded they still have a duty to act with integrity and uphold the rule of law.

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Wednesday

28th November - Law News

2529th 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 Polish Prime Minister has said he wants Poles living in the UK to come back home, where there’s full employment and an economic boom. Channel 4 News have spoken to two Polish families who are going home because, they say, there are more opportunities there. Fourteen years ago, when the EU expanded, it was quite the opposite story, as hundreds of thousands of east Europeans came here for work. Now it’s not just Brexit and an uncertain future tempting them to return.



Focus of the Day Article:
Litigation is not a “blank cheque” and divorcing people cannot behave on the basis that they are bound to be reimbursed for their costs, a leading family law judge has warned. Mr Justice Francis said that “people who adopt unreasonable positions in litigation cannot simply do so confident that there will be an indemnity for the costs of the litigation behaviour, however unreasonable it may have been”.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

27th November - Law News

2528th 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: Footage appearing to show a Russian ship crashing into Ukrainian tug has been posted on social media by the Ukrainian Interior Minister. Arsen Avakov claims it was filmed from a Russian ship. There have been growing tensions between the two countries over access to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov off the Crimean peninsula - annexed by Russia in 2014.


Focus of the Day Article:
Legal aid cuts are 'huge threat' to access to justice in UK. Bar Council chair says rule of law is at risk because of political folly and expediency.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

26th November - Law News

2527th 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: Italian women staged a huge feminist demonstration in Rome on Saturday, to protest against gender-based violence. The protest was organised by the 'Non Una Di Meno' (No one less) campaign group, which accuses the current right-wing government of being sexist and patriarchal.



Focus of the Day Article:
Criminal justice review reveals critical lack of compliance - The government has promised to take a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to disclosure in the criminal justice system, after its own review uncovered systematic failings.
Full story - New Law Journal

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