Monday

28th January - Law News

2589th 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 wedding in the Peruvian city of Abancay has ended in tragedy after a wall of a hotel hosting some 100 guests collapsed, killing at least 15 people and injuring 29 others.


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Sunday

27th January - Law News

2588th 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: UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has said that it is clear that Rohingya refugees cannot return to Myanmar in the near future. She has urged the Bangladeshi government to prepare to host the refugees for the long term and is concerned about the security of the refugees. Bangladesh's government plans to move around 100,000 refugees to an island in the Bay of Bengal, where the government said they will have access to education and healthcare, but the UN special rapporteur has concerns about the island's isolation.



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Saturday

26th January - Law News

2587th 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: Pranab Mukherjee, former President, has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, along with music legend Bhupen Hazarika and social activist Nanaji Deshmukh. Many believe the choice of Pranab Mukherjee, a lifelong Congressman, for the top award delivers a less-than-subtle political message in election season. Pranab Mukherjee, 83, was president when the BJP came to power after a spectacular victory in the 2014 national election, ending the Congress-led Government's 10-year rule.




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Friday

25th January - Law News

2586th 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: Farmers are calling for the animal rights group Aussie Farms to be stripped of its charity status and have its Facebook page taken down. The group launched an online map showing the location and contact details for hundreds of farms across the country, linking them to animal cruelty. Aussie Farms says the initiative is about increasing transparency but Agriculture Minister David Littleproud is warning the site "could be creating an attack map for activists".


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On 3 and 4 December 2018, the first International Forum on Online Courts was held in London.  There were 300 delegates from about 30 different countries.  It undertook an international review of what is happening in many countries around the world.  It looked at technological issues, matters of access to justice, practicalities for lawyers and the judiciary, examples of innovations and lessons to be learned.  It was co-organised by the Society for Computers and Law (SCL) and by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) which, in the UK, runs the court service.
Full story - Family Law Week

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Thursday

24th January - Law News

2585th 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: Find out what it means to be part of a Solicitors Regulation Authority team who investigate complaints and step in when things go wrong.


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Attorney general Geoffrey Cox QC MP today rejected the accusation that the Crown Prosecution Service is failing – but said that the organisation cannot handle further spending cuts. In evidence to the House of Commons justice select committee, Cox conceded the CPS had suffered a 30% funding reduction and ‘significant’ reduction in staff.

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Wednesday

23rd January - Law News

2584th 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 Welsh government today cleared its diary in the assembly for ministers to announce one by one what the impact would be of leaving the EU in 66 days without a deal. Their view is clear - they can't be ready for no withdrawal agreement, no transition period and no agreements on trade. And the Labour First Minister went further than his leader in London, saying if there is no deal by next week he will back a second referendum. But the biggest intervention came in Brussels where for the first time the European Commission said a no-deal Brexit would lead to a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.


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Lawtech can provide a “virtuous circle” that simultaneously both improves access to justice and delivers social, ethnic and gender mobility to the upper reaches of the legal profession, according to a senior judge.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

22nd January - Law News

2583nd 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: Trafficked into the sex industry after defecting from North Korea, two young women spent years in captivity before finally getting the chance to escape. Despite the thaw in relations between north and south Korea, people are still risking their lives to flee the regime. Most escape via China but they face huge risks where they can be sent back if caught. Women are also trafficked from North Korea to China where they think they will get a job and earn some money but find themselves trapped for years on end.


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Plan to simplify UK's 1,100 pages of immigration rules. Law Commission proposes shakeup to make regulations easier to follow for applicants.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

21st January - Law News

2582nd 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: Thousands of protesters from across the country plan to demonstrate against an agreement that would change the name of Greece’s northern neighbor to North Macedonia.


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The government has launched a drive to deliver better wifi in the criminal courts. Court users at 31 criminal courts can now log on to its new GovWifi for more reliable, ‘full building coverage, improved bandwidth and a resilient design’.
Full story - New Law Journal

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