Friday

18th December - Law News

1453rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Solicitors should abandon the concept of “perfection” and concentrate instead on improving their performance, a City training chief has said. Viola Joseph, solicitor and legal learning leader at Hogan Lovells, said the firm was one of the first big practices to opt into the new CPD regime introduced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in April this year. Full story - Legal Futures


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Thursday

17th December - Law News

1452nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Challenges to the government’s tender process for criminal legal aid contracts took an unexpected twist this morning, with the lord chancellor and unsuccessful bidders uniting on how the litigation should be managed. The lord chancellor is fighting a two-pronged attack over new legal aid contracts – a judicial review sought by the Fair Crime Contracts Alliance and 115 individual procurement law challenges sought in accordance with part 7 of the Civil Procedure Rules. Full story - The Law Society Gazette



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Wednesday

16th December - Law News

1451st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY:  There’s more than one way to run a prison. For the first time in four years, I’ve been allowed back into jail. Thameside is privately run but could teach the state sector a lesson or two. Full story - Guardian Law



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Tuesday

15th December - Law News

1450th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: The number of lawyers working in FTSE 100 companies is now over 10,000, according to exclusive research from The Lawyer’s new data platform, The Lawyer Market Intelligence (LMI). Full story - The Lawyer


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Monday

14th December - Law News

1449th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: A major shake-up of the way solicitors qualify for legal practice could be on the cards. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a consultation on a new standardised system for assessing trainees. It proposes introducing a new system where everyone who wants to qualify as a solicitor will undergo the same professional assessment—the Solicitors Qualifying Examination. This exam would be developed by the SRA. Full story - New Law Journal


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Sunday

13th December - Law News

1448th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
Our Latest Saturday Law Interview features the Scottish National Party Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson, Joanna Cherry QC MP, in a wide ranging discussion on the the Human Rights Act 1998, the role of corroboration in the Scottish justice system, the legal issues surrounding Scottish independence and human rights. 


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Saturday

12th December - Law News

1447th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
Our Latest Saturday Law Interview features the Scottish National Party Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson, Joanna Cherry QC MP, in a wide ranging discussion on the the Human Rights Act 1998, the role of corroboration in the Scottish justice system, the legal issues surrounding Scottish independence and human rights. 


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Friday

11th December - Law News

1446th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap
 
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Harmonisation of copyright law across the European Union remains a ‘long-term target’ the European Commission said today, unveiling proposed new rules on digital content and online shopping. The measures are the first of 16 legislative proposals to be presented as part of the strategy to create a ‘digital single market’. The commission said the proposals on digital content and online sale of goods ‘will tackle the main obstacles to cross-border e-commerce in the EU: legal fragmentation in the area of consumer contract law and resulting high costs for businesses - especially SMEs - and low consumer trust when buying online from another country’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette




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