Tuesday

24th September - Law News

2829th 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:  Uganda is home to around 1.3m refugees - that's the largest number of refugees in any country in Africa, and the third largest in the world. Behind these huge numbers are conflicts in neighbouring countries the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. More than 90% of Uganda's refugees come for these two countries. But instead of fighting the tide of displacement, Uganda has become renowned for its welcoming refugee policy.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Rape victims should not be forced to hand over their phones. It feels like more abusel. Full story - Guardian Law

Monday

23rd September - Law News

2828th 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:  Protesters wearing hazmat suits and gas masks pretended to clean the streets of the central Polish city of Kalisz on Sunday, after hundreds of people joined the city's first LGBT+ pride parade. A heavy police presence was on hand as other protesters shouted abuse at the participants from along the route, with police at one point using pepper spray to keep protesters away from the parade. Poland's ruling Law and Justice party has been repeatedly accused of encouraging homophobic prejudice, with party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski saying that the LGBT+ rights movement was a foreign import that threatens the country in April.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: All eyes were on the UK Supreme Court livestream last week as eleven Justices heard argument on the matter of whether the decision to prorogue Parliament was lawful. Full story - New Law Journal


Sunday

22nd September - Law News

2827th 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 the desert of the US state of Nevada, police are preparing for what they call "an act of mass civil disobedience". Thousands of alien enthusiasts - who have banded together through social media - are planning to trespass onto a secretive US military base where they believe aliens are kept.

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Saturday

21st September - Law News

2826th 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 all-powerful GST Council on Friday more than doubled the tax on caffeinated beverages to 40 per cent and slashed the rate on hotel room tariffs. Briefing reporters after a meeting of the panel, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the GST on caffeinated beverages has been hiked to 28 per cent plus additional cess of 12 per cent as against the current rate of 18 per cent.

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Friday

20th September - Law News

2825th 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 final Day of UK Supreme Court challenge to prorogation afternoon sessions.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Over 80 percent of private-sector US employees will be forced into arbitration with their employers by 2024, a new report predicts. The report, by the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Popular Democracy, suggests workers  are “at the mercy” of arbitrators, with statistics showing that arbitrators side with companies more than 90 percent of the time. Full story - The Global Legal Post


Thursday

19th September - Law News

2824th 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 Queensland parliament has passed a new bill to further restrict farm run-off into the Great Barrier Reef catchments, despite widespread opposition from agricultural groups.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: The business secretary has been urged by a voluntary regulator for interpreters to take action over 'Wild West' conditions that have resulted in courts struggling to find suitably qualified linguists. The National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI) raised concerns with Andrea Leadsom after Bolton-based Debonair Languages ceased operations last month. It was a subcontractor for Leeds-headquartered thebigword, which was awarded a Ministry of Justice contract in 2016. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


Wednesday

18th September - Law News

2823rd 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:  A new book detailing sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has brought the controversy that dominated his nomination hearings back to the political forefront. As Democrats call for Kavanaugh’s impeachment, Chris Cillizza explains what that process would look like and what is the likelihood of it happening.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: An alternative regulatory regime that sees all legal services regulated, but providers subject to different requirements depending on the work they do, has today been mooted by the Independent Review of Legal Services Regulation. Full story - Legal Futures


Tuesday

17th September - Law News

2822nd 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 Zimbabwe, a row has erupted between the government and the family of Robert Mugabe over when the former leader will be buried. The family have agreed to a government plan to give him a state funeral and bury him at a monument to national heroes in the capital Harare, but that could take weeks to happen. Mugabe is seen by many in Africa as a hero of the war against white rule in the 1970s. In the west, he's widely regarded as a tyrant for his violent campaign to seize white farms after 1998. But in Matabeleland, he is remembered for massacres of the Ndbele people, who supported his political rival in the 1980s. We went to Matopo, where some of the worst atrocities took place.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Rape convictions and a lack of resources -
Lawyer Kim Harrison addresses the problems caused by funding cuts and the ‘digital strip search’. Full story - Guardian Law