Monday

2nd September - Law News

2807th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  In 2022, Qatar will become the first country in the Arab world to host the soccer World Cup. The small Gulf emirate, however, has seen its image tarnished since it was awarded the event, especially over working conditions on World Cup building sites. Human rights activists equate conditions for the migrant workers with modern-day slavery. In June 2017, Qatar came under additional pressure as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt suspended diplomatic relations. They were intent on isolating the nation due to the Qatari government’s alleged support of al-Qaeda and other Islamist terrorist groups. With the evidence proving less than concrete, however, the blockade appeared to be more of a transparent campaign against an unloved neighbour.


Focus of the Day Article:
The government has published an update to the Ministerial Code on 23 August 2019 which includes a foreword from the Prime Minister emphasising the government’s determination to deliver Brexit in October 2019. The Ministerial Code sets out the standards of conduct expected of ministers and how they discharge their duties, and the latest version demands that ministers ‘uphold the very highest standards of propriety’.
Full story - New Law Journal
 
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Sunday

1st September - Law News

2806th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  The 75-year-old al-Bashir, former Sudan President who was toppled in April in the wake of mass protests against his three-decade rule, made the statement on Saturday after a judge formally charged him with illicit possession of foreign currency and corruption

 
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Saturday

31st August - Law News

2805th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  India's growth has slowed down, the latest GDP numbers are out and in this quarter it has come down to just 5 per cent - much lower than what was expected, and in fact, the lowest in six years. Just a couple of hours before the data was released, the finance minister announced the merger of PSU banks, cutting the number of government banks in India from 27 to 12, arguing that this was needed to strengthen credit. The government hopes this will improve lending to businesses and ordinary folk right down to the branch levels. On The Big Fight, we discuss whether this move by the government will be enough or is the economy in a deeper crisis than we think?

 
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Friday

30th August - Law News

2804th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  The Waiapi tribe's way of life is under threat as the Amazon Rainforest burns and the government attempts to take over indigenous lands

Focus of the Day article:
Faulty applications from solicitors are a principal cause of delays of more than six weeks for grants of probate, HM Courts & Tribunals has implied in its response to an escalating row.  The chair of the Law Society’s wills and equity committee told the Gazette last week that the Ministry of Justice is downplaying probate delays and that figures being cited do not reflect actual waiting times.
 
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Thursday

29th August - Law News

2803rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, over 70 new laws have been passed in Australia in the name of national security ... and many of them interfere with democratic rights and freedoms. As Australia’s security state has expanded in response to the war on terror, so too has Australia’s state of secrecy. More government documents are being classified, more journalists are being monitored, more whistleblowers are being charged. It begs the question: where do we draw the line between national security and the public’s right to know?

Focus of the Day article:
Nobody is under any illusion that the small claims track (SCT) portal is in some disarray.  The MIB (responsible for building the portal) has held public information meetings, but these have simply focused attention on the lack of joined-up thinking between stakeholders, notably the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Civil Procedure Rule Committee.
Full story - Legal Futures
 
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Wednesday

28th August - Law News

2802nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Members of Brazil's indigenous Mura tribe have vowed to defend their land, as wildfires rage in the Amazon rainforest. The largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon is a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming. It is also home to about three million species of plants and animals, and one million indigenous people.

Focus of the Day article:
How ping pong helps prisoners turn the tables on violence and reoffending. A weekly table tennis session at HMP High Down improves behaviour, provides coaching skills – and boosts confidence
Full story - Guardian Law
 
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Tuesday

27th August - Law News

2801st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  The facts are shocking - young girls, some as young as nine - forced into marriage - in a country which should give women equal rights in everything from education to marriage and divorce. After decades of war, extreme poverty and violence in Iraq - the number of children forced into early marriage has risen sharply. And successive Iraqi governments have tried to scrap the laws guaranteeing women their rights - provoking outrage with one attempt to lower the legal marriage age to nine. So how is all this affecting women in Baghdad?

Focus of the Day article:
The Parole Board has announced the appointments of a record number of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates. 
Full story - New Law Journal
 
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