Monday

14th October - Law News

2849thEdition: 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:  Police arrested protesters in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on Sunday after clashes occurred during the ongoing anti-government demonstrations. Footage shows rally-goers being tackled and detained by the police as well as what is seemingly a bystander being attacked by protesters. Despite a ban having been introduced on face masks and gatherings of more than three people on October 4, masked protesters keep rallying on Hong Kong streets.

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Focus of the Day Article: The EU Settlement Scheme, the process by which EU citizens and family members apply to stay in the UK after Brexit, has received two million applications, the Home Office has confirmed. Full story: New Law Journal
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Sunday

13th October - Law News

2848thEdition: 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 most famous brothers in Poland used to be the Law and Justice party's Jaroslaw and Lech Kaczynski - twins who went on to become the prime minister and the president, respectively.

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Saturday

12th October - Law News

2847thEdition: 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:  More than two months after the government imposed a communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir before revoking its decades-old special privileges granted to the state under the constitution, postpaid mobile connections will be restored on Monday. "All postpaid mobile phones will be restored from noon Monday," Jammu and Kashmir Principal Secretary Rohit Kansal said at a news briefing on Saturday.

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Friday

11th October - Law News

2846thEdition: 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:  Irish banks charge some of the highest mortgage interest rates in the Eurozone. Are they ripping-off customers? Explained here is how the banks set their rates, to give you an idea of what you're paying for.

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Focus of the Day Article: Global online platform Amazon has made a first move into the legal services market with a new venture linking law firms with businesses seeking to obtain intellectual property rights. Full story: The Global Legal Post
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Thursday

10th October - Law News

2845thEdition: 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:  Supporters of the cashless welfare card say it's already having a positive impact in trial communities across Australia, but critics say the evidence of success is thin.

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Focus of the Day Article: Law firms attracting the highest number of complaints to the Legal Ombudsman could find themselves in a published annual review of their performance under new plans floated by the complaints handler. Full story: The Law Society Gazette
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Wednesday

9th October - Law News

2844thEdition: 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:  A letter from the British government classifying Paulette Wilson as an illegal immigrant shook her sense of identity and belonging. ‘Hostile environment’ policies years in the making meant that Wilson and other victims of the Windrush scandal had their right to residency in the UK called into question. She had been detained for a week pending imminent deportation though she had done nothing wrong. It was devastating, but luckily she was released before she was deported. Here we follow Wilson as she returns to Jamaica for the first time in 50 years, trying to make sense of her place in the world and rebuild a sense of security and belonging.

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Focus of the Day Article: According to a report from the Law Society, Legal services sector forecasts 2017-2025, growth in overall legal sector employment is likely to decline, partly as a result of “increasing adoption of new technology and new working methods”. It recorded predictions that “modest growth in the UK economy and the increasing use of labour-saving technology and new working methods in the sector, mean that total employment in the sector is unlikely to grow at the rates we have seen in the past. Full story: Legal Futures
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Tuesday

8th October - Law News

2843rd 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:  Captain Cook arrived in New Zealand exactly 250 years ago, leading the first European fleet to reach its shores. New Zealand (or Aotearoa) is marking the anniversary in a big way, but Maori activist Tina Ngata says there is little to celebrate. She says Maori people are disproportionately poor, in jail and discriminated against, and that this all has its roots in New Zealand's colonial past.

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Focus of the Day Article: How your title deeds could make you liable for archaic obligations. Those unaware of restrictive covenants can become liable for life-changing sums out of the blue. Full story: Guardian Law
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Monday

7th October - Law News

2842nd 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:  Rioters were seen destroying surveillance cameras of businesses and hitting fire sprinklers at a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station in Hong Kong's Mong Kok district on Saturday, as tensions escalated following the government's new ban on masks.

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Focus of the Day Article: According to the Family Court Quarterly Statistics for April to June 2019, published last week, 28,144 divorce petitions were made, a fall of 13%, while financial remedy cases fell 5%. Divorces take longer on average, up five weeks to 33 weeks for decree nisi and up three weeks to 58 weeks for Decree Absolute. Only 41% of care proceedings meet the 26-week target―the average time is 33 weeks. Full story: New Law Journal
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