Friday

31st August - Law News

2440th 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 Focus: Why should my law firm support trans employees? Rachel Reese and Daniel Winterfeldt discuss why law firms should support trans employees.


Focus of the Day Article:
There is “some uncertainty” as to whether non-lawyer partners of alternative business structures (ABSs) can be banned from working in the profession, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has admitted. The case where the issue came up also led to the regulator deciding it should not have sought a ban in any case. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) said in a recent ruling that it accepted the SRA’s arguments that section 43 orders could not be used against non-lawyer managers of ABSs.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Thursday

30th August - Law News

2439th 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 Focus: An investigation into the alleged links between the illegal rhino horn trade and corruption in Zululand's courts and its national parks.


Focus of the Day Article:
The Legal Aid Agency breached its duty to be transparent and clear when it failed to disclose its 'calculator' for assessing counsel's fees for what is expected to be a complex fraud trial, the High Court has ruled. Giving the lead judgment in Ames v The Lord Chancellor, which was handed down and published yesterday, Lord Justice Holroyde said he could not understand why the agency declined to disclose the calculator. 'The LAA, in our judgment, plainly owes a duty of transparency and clarity in relation to the operation of the "calculator". Even without that duty, we would have expected the LAA to want advocates to know the basis on which their fees were being assessed in [very high cost cases], not to keep it a secret. It would surely be advantageous to the LAA, in its negotiations with advocates, to be able to demonstrate why and how the use of the "calculator" has led to a particular fee offer.'

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Wednesday

29th August - Law News

2438th 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 Focus: More than two million Venezuelans have fled their country, escaping a collapsing economy, food and medicine shortages and political turmoil. It's been described as the worst refugee crisis in recent Latin American history - the majority of those fleeing Venezuela have crossed into neighbouring Colombia, and then on to Ecuador, Peru and Chile. Others have gone south to Brazil. Concerned by the influx, these countries are imposing tighter border restrictions.


Focus of the Day Article:
Home Office officials have made more than 5,700 changes to the immigration rules since 2010, a Guardian analysis has revealed, making the visa system nearly impossible to navigate, according to senior judges and lawyers.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Tuesday

28th August - Law News

2437th 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 Focus: In August 2017, a gathering of the far right turned deadly in the Virginia town. The Guardian reporter Lois Beckett returns to the scene of the violence to speak with local residents, who say resurgent white supremacism came as little surprise. They vow to continue the fight against it: 'We won't back down'


Focus of the Day Article:
Fraudulent insurance claims fell in number but rose in value last year, costing the insurance industry £1.3bn in total, an Association of British Insurers (ABI) report has shown. The report, published this week, found more than 500,000 insurance frauds were detected last year, of which 113,000 were fraudulent claims and 449,000 dishonest insurance applications. This represents an 8% fall in number of fraudulent claims but one per cent rise in value.
Full story - New Law Journal

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Monday

27th August - Law News

2436th 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 Focus: Gaza's Health Ministry says over 180 people were injured by Israeli soldiers during protests on Friday. 50 of the wounded are said to have been hit with live ammunition. Israel claims its actions were necessary to prevent the Israel-Gaza barrier being breached, and that demonstrators were throwing rocks & Molotov cocktails at its troops.

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Sunday

26th August - Law News

2435th 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 Focus: One year ago today, a fierce crackdown by Myanmar's army forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to escape to safety in neighbouring Bangladesh.

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Saturday

25th August - Law News

2434th 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 Focus: The centre responds to the Kerala government's "dog in the manger" jibe on the provision of relief to the state. The point being made is this - if you aren't giving us the Rs 20,000 crore that we seek to rebuild the state, then why are you denying others from providing us this help? This comes on a day when the UAE government - in what some would consider an about turn - says that there is nothing official about its providing Kerala Rs 700 crore in relief, something that had been widely reported. But the Kerala government insists that this offer was indeed made. In the meanwhile, the government has come out with a detailed explantion on how, in addition to Rs 600 crore that it has provided the state, there is another amount of Rs 562.45 crore which is already with the Kerala State Disaster Fund. On the show, we ask: Is the centre doing enough for the rehabilitation of flood affected regions of Kerala?



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Friday

24th August - Law News

2433rd 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 Focus: She was never verbally or physically threatened or restrained. But at age 19, Nina Van Harn felt like she couldn’t say no when she was expected to marry a man chosen by her family. And she is not alone in her experience. In a two-year period, it’s estimated that there were 3,000 such forced marriage cases in the United States.
Focus of the Day:
A number of human rights organisations have welcomed the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office’s (IPCO) plans to launch a public consultation on the UK’s policy against involvement in torture, the ‘Consolidated Guidance’.
Full story - Scottish Legal

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