Wednesday

6th December - Law News

2172nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: A visit to the Barcelona-based design studio that includes people with Down's syndrome, autism and intellectual disabilities. People with intellectual disabilities tend to have less obvious approaches to design and creativity.


Focus of the day story:  Law firms advising on cross-border commerce should be “cautiously positive” that Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US president will not damage future global trade or the legal work that flows from it, according to a report. Despite these developments, clients can be confident that the long-term trend in trade and its regulation is not protectionism but rather continued globalisation, said Jomati Consultants in a report aimed at law firms: A retreat from globalisation? The potential risks and rewards for the legal sector. Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

5th December - Law News

2171st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Rachel Crooks speaks with CNN's Alisyn Camerota about her accusation that US President Trump forcibly kissed her in 2005.


Focus of the day story:  Five years after the gang-rape and murder of Jyoti Singh, what has changed for women in India? The Delhi student’s death sparked protest across the country, but campaigners, including Singh’s parents, say not enough has been done to keep women safe. Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

4th December - Law News

2170th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: What’s funny about sexual assault? Six female comedians weigh in on rape jokes, and how stand-up is changing in the post-Weinstein era.


Focus of the day story: Judges, barristers, solicitors and immigration specialists have voiced a string of concerns about the government’s treatment of immigration detainees. They spoke under conditions of strict anonymity for an independent study commissioned by the Bar Council and published this week, Injustices in Immigration Detention, written by Dr Anna Lindley of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

3rd December - Law News

2169th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Around half of the e-waste generated in Israel finds its way to the occupied West Bank. Computers, fridges, air conditioners, filters for gas masks, TVs and many more litter the multiple workshops in and around the town. With increasing rates of unemployment in the past 15 years, many people risk their health by burning the waste for the valuable raw materials. These items are taken apart and each component has a different use and price associated with it. After the parts are separated they are sold back to Israel.



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Saturday

2nd December - Law News

2168th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: If you enjoy an avocado, it’s likely to come from Mexico, the world’s biggest producer of the green stuff. As demand for avocados has soared in places like the US and Europe, the industry’s become very lucrative for Mexicans, but it’s also been targeted by drugs gangs. And, in the heart of Mexico’s avocado plantations, some producers have wrested control back from the criminals.



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Friday

1st December - Law News

2167th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: Depression, anxiety and addiction are the very real dangers of smartphone overuse for an entire generation of young Indians. On The Buck Stops Here, we ask: are parents and schools doing enough to protect our kids from smartphones and social media?


Focus of the day story:  In the face of Brexit – and the challenge and threat that it presents to the litigation profession in England & Wales - reform of the Civil Procedure Rules, and the disclosure regime in particular, will be central to winning the race against increasing competition from overseas Courts and Tribunals, according to the London lawyers.. Full story - The Global Legal Post


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Thursday

30th November - Law News

2166th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: A Bosnian Croat war criminal has died after taking poison during the reading of his verdict at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, the AP reports, citing Croatian state television. Slobodan Praljak, 72, a former wartime leader, was seen drinking from a small container as he heard the verdict of his appeal hearing.


Focus of the day story:  A criminal legal aid solicitor who can work only in the evenings because of the need to care for their disabled child is among those who could lose a duty rota slot due to a requirement introduced to tackle the issue of 'ghost' solicitors. The solicitor’s plight was highlighted in a survey carried out by the London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association, a practitioner group, which says members risk losing their place on duty schemes even though they regularly work on cases. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


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Wednesday

29th November - Law News

2164th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's video story: North Korea has fired its highest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile and poses a worldwide threat, US Secretary of Defence James Mattis has said. The North Korean regime teaches its citizens to hate America. But why?


Focus of the day story:  The future is coming – What can the legal sector expect from technology in 2018? Full story - Legal Futures


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