Sunday

24th March - Law News

2644th 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 exhibition of 35 red dresses at a museum in Washington, DC, is highlighting crimes against Native American women. They are 10 times more likely to be murdered than the United States national average. The artist, Jaime Black, hopes the new exhibit at the Smithsonian prevents more women going missing.




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Saturday

23rd March - Law News

2643rd 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: Weeks after the worst escalation between New Delhi and Islamabad since the 1999 Kargil War, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that PM Narendra Modi sent him greetings on the eve of Pakistan's National Day. Mr Khan, in a tweet, said PM Modi told him that it is time for people of the subcontinent to work together "for a peaceful and prosperous region, in an atmosphere free of terror and violence".




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Friday

22nd March - Law News

2642nd 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: Next month the most significant changes to private health insurance for decades will start to roll out and everyone in Australia with cover will be affected. To give you a few examples, customers won't be able to claim for a lot of natural therapies and there will be discounts for people under thirty who take out policies. So far, no-one can say for sure what it will do to the price of premiums which have been going up and up. The changes come as one survey shows private health insurance is now the number one concern for Australian families. Consumer group CHOICE has found that for the first time families are more worried about the cost of private health insurance than electricity.



Focus of the Day Article: Solicitors prepare for Brexit - Preferential treatment for EU lawyers qualifying in England and Wales to end under no-deal Brexit says SRA, but Ireland keeps door open.
Full story: The Global Legal Post


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Thursday

21st March - Law News

2641st 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: William Singer, known as Rick, is at the center of a major college admissions scandal. A series of videos posted on his YouTube account reveals some of the advice he gave to students.



Focus of the Day Article: The Legal Aid Agency has been testing technology that enables it to inspect a client’s bank account to speed up assessments of financial means. Malcolm Bryant, head of high cost civil complex cases, told the Gazette that the ‘open banking technology’ was tested in a safe environment and the agency is now ‘moving to some live cases’. Bryant spoke about the project at a Westminster Legal Policy Forum on legal aid this morning. The project is part of the agency’s ‘transformation programme’, a blueprint for what the agency wants to look like by 2020. Bryant said UK citizens are much more digital now than they have ever been and the agency must ensure it can mirror their digital expectations.

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Wednesday

20th March - Law News

2640th 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: Turning now to the New Zealand terror attacks, the Prime Minister there says new gun laws will be announced within days. Her cabinet has backed a ban on semi-automatic weapons, and the Prime Minister has urged owners to hand such guns in to the police. Among the families of the 50 victims, frustration has been growing at being unable to bury their dead within the 24 hours customary in the Islamic faith, because of ongoing investigations. We report from Christchurch.



Focus of the Day Article: Artificial intelligence (AI) should be developed in conjunction with a wide range of non-technical specialists, while an ‘ethical black box’ showing how a system made particular decisions may also be needed, according to an academic.
Full story: Legal Futures


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Tuesday

19th March - Law News

2639th 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: Ali Adeeba was praying alongside his brother and father at the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, when a gunman opened fire. He described how the harrowing events unfolded around him.




Focus of the Day Article:Knife and weapon offences reach highest level since 2009. Official figures show 21,484 offences were recorded across England and Wales in 2018.
Full story: Guardian Law


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