Tuesday

17th December - Law News

2912th 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:  This summer, India published a list which effectively stripped about 1.9 million people in the north-eastern state of Assam of their citizenship. India says the National Register of Citizens is needed to identify illegal Bangladeshi migrants. But it has sparked fears of a witch hunt against Assam's ethnic minorities. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: By 1989, when the dictator was killed, up to 20,000 had died in Romania’s children’s homes. Now criminal cases may finally be brought. Full story: Guardian Law

Monday

16th December - Law News

2911th 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:  Young Colombian demonstrators in Bosa, Bogota take the protest to the streets because they have nowhere to play near the apartment complex they live in. The local park has been closed for more than 3 years, and the children are also prohibited from playing in the halls. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Costs lawyers have called for an urgent review of the guideline hourly rates―the baseline figures used by judges to assess the fees charged by solicitors. Full story: New Law Journal

Sunday

15th December - Law News

2910th 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:  While Saturday's trial was about corruption and illegal possession of foreign funds, the former president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, also faces additional charges. In 2009, the International Criminal Court charged him with two counts of war crimes and five counts of crimes against humanity. That was for his role in the war in Darfur, which started in 2003. At least 300,000 people were killed and another 3 million displaced. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

Saturday

14th December - Law News

2909th 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 proposed law for tougher punishment, including the death sentence, within 21 days for those guilty of crimes against women was cleared by the Andhra Pradesh assembly on Friday, a little over two weeks after a young woman's gang-rape and killing in neighbouring Telangana. The law has been dubbed the "AP Disha Act" after the name given to the woman in social media campaigns and protests after the horrific crime. 

Saturday Conversations on Law


Friday

13th December - Law News

2908th 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:  Elite military teams have prepared six bodies to be airlifted from New Zealand's White Island, in a daring bid to bring the dead home to their loved ones. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: 'Lawyers using the technology will triumph over those who do it the old way'. Full story: The Global Legal Post

Thursday

12th December - Law News

2907th 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:  TAn utterly decent human being, something that is hard to find in modern politicians, that is what those who have met Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn say. We asked George Monbiot about Jeremy Corbyn, he didn’t hold back. 

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Legal services have been on the agenda of talks over a post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the US - but the proposed new Solicitors Qualification Examination could exclude solicitors from US jurisdictions. Full story: The Law Society Gazette

Wednesday

11th December - Law News

2906th 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 Health Service has moved to the centre of the election campaign and tonight an investigation by Channel 4 News shows that dozens of trusts have, in the past few months, reported to their boards that they are facing severe levels of risk - which could affect patient safety and could be catastrophic.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: Well-known criminal law firm Kaim Todner closed its doors yesterday after One Legal – the alternative business structure that owns it – was put into voluntary liquidation. Full story: Legal Futures



Tuesday

10th December - Law News

2905th 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:  Women make up 51% of the population but what are the parties offering women this election? And why do women get so much abuse and so little representation in politics?

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: ‘I will die if I have to’: hunger striker leads fight against rape crisis in India. BJP Government inaction drives Swati Maliwal of Delhi Women’s Commission to take a stand. Full story: Guardian Law

Monday

9th December - Law News

2904th 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 former Facebook content moderator is taking the company to court, alleging that his work caused him to develop post-traumatic stress disorder. He claims the 'psychological damage' was caused by 'viewing hundreds of violent and obscene videos' every day, without any proper training.

Saturday Conversations on Law

Focus of the Day Article: The Bar Council and Bar Standards Board are holding a consultation on the proposed rates for 2020/21, which are scheduled to remain at their current level. Full story: The New Law Journal