2016th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles
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Today's video story: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE have all suspended ties with Qatar and issued a series of 13 demands to end the three week diplomatic and trade blockade. Qatar Finance Minister speaks on trade blockade: 'We hope for a peaceful resolution'.
Focus of the day story: The Law Society has published a devastating critique of LASPO (Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012), which slashed civil and family legal aid. In a report published this week, Access denied? LASPO four years on, the Law Society concludes that the legislation, which came into force in April 2013, has denied access to justice to society’s most vulnerable, hit the public purse and damaged the foundation of the justice system. Full story - New Law Journal
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- Government rules out inquiry into Jobstown prosecutions #Ireland https://t.co/RCnWsDJpHr
- Papper performing at Arkansas nightclub where 25 people were shot, arrested #US https://t.co/OfM8amxmp9
- Judge: Cash-strapped state must pay more toward medical bills #US https://t.co/iOEDwHnr61
- Barristers complain of health problems due to library dust #Ireland https://t.co/iORRCwRLto
- Judge lets rare misbehavior charge proceed in Bowe Bergdahl case #US https://t.co/FHt0MSWFIu
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/r8egJLYSF8
- Cardinal George Pell hires top criminal barrister who represented underworld figures #Australia https://t.co/BYVhjeGEHw
- Judge in Stanford sexual assault case offers first defense of his decision #US https://t.co/HoIfsFuQxN
- Judge blocks California's high-capacity magazine ban #US https://t.co/Qx5o5Mtyvq
- Judge denies request to halt building of Sterling Heights mosque #US https://t.co/WAKzgTVF9P
- Northern Ireland abortion refugees: Supreme Court | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/a6BLDSD8Ue
- Foreign criminals’ deportation scheme ruled unlawful | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/Gv8YXFDk05
- Donald Trump posts video clip of him 'beating' CNN in wrestling #US https://t.co/5EcpEDXM9u
- Judge: McIver not treated special in jail transfer #US https://t.co/b8GT8VJJXP
- Who is Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the Grenfell Tower inquiry judge? https://t.co/kTx7ETEidZ
- The ClientEarth litigation on air pollution rolls into a new phase | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/QoWrzay393
- Election Tribunal: Andrew Uchendu's victory confirms APC's popularity – Party Chieftains #Nigeria https://t.co/DviVl9nAdh
- NI Abortion Refugees: further thoughts | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/V2zLcMZZ2U
- De Blasio now says City will cover $2 million of his legal bills #US https://t.co/gP3DBA7ELO
- Strasbourg on excessive libel damages | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/iZbAH7mH6b
- Charlie Gard: Strasbourg Court rules parents' case inadmissible | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/5qiZ8nUrFt
- #HongKong profile - Timeline https://t.co/EKbZV2hr8V
- International human rights can help reverse yet another heavy blow on sexual and reproductive health... https://t.co/m1vaV5wh7G
- Khalid Latif's objection against PCB tribunal turned down #Pakistan https://t.co/EPbUatCnog
- No bans on local authority disinvestment decisions | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/o4KOEHfjfN
- Transgender father to appeal for greater contact with ultra orthodox children | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/uWoUlojEFO
- No application of mind in film tribunal's order: 'Mohalla Assi' filmmaker #India https://t.co/eZSAuHANr0
- The Round Up: End of the Charlie Gard case, Russian Homosexuality Laws, and the Northern Ireland Abortion Case https://t.co/KKjEwXIUuJ
- 1 COR Breakfast Briefing - Vulnerable Asylum Seekers: Recent Developments | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/DCAWZyO7f9
- Girl killed as car crashes into teenagers in Croydon https://t.co/ss4mEghljm
- Grenfell Tower fire: Council suspends rent for neighbouring flats https://t.co/1Xpap3xLA2
- Modi government decides to bring down central tribunals from 36 to 18 #India https://t.co/LVXdYDrV8i
- The role of employee legitimate expectations in unfair dismissal claims | UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/oCIN6QS7ZP
- Paid human rights internship - deadline Sunday 2 July | UK Human Rights Bloghttps://t.co/uKJe7eb09u
- Munya is the PNU leader, tribunal ruling against him is political, Anunda says #Kenya https://t.co/7bE7ITZeUZ
- Attorney general who stopped Trump's travel ban responds to partial lifting #US https://t.co/51BV5Z2TgK
- Tribunal snubs Khalid's lawyer, Nasir's counsel fails to submit brief #Pakistan https://t.co/aBxJhcStd1
- UP police officers not responding to summons: Accident claims tribunal after cops skip court #India https://t.co/Q0XldIcbEz
- UP police officers not responding to summons: Accident claims tribunal after cops skip court #India https://t.co/53WrDPXxfc
- Mandatory price publication backed by SRA https://t.co/Aw9rMoUJr9
- UK to withdraw from international fishing arrangement https://t.co/W8I3aci8fW
- Pressure grows on No 10 to scrap public sector pay cap https://t.co/2Th8KAqBSD
- Is the conveyancing sector "playing catch up" in the mortgage process? https://t.co/brvC1A2kk3
- Campaigner loses legal battle to stop Carlingford Lough ferry terminal project #Ireland https://t.co/NZDOi6ho9D
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/IUBm7EpEaD
- Even after Supreme Court ruling, expect legal challenges against the travel ban to continue https://t.co/cFomMUXuev
- California's Cap-and-Trade Program Just Won a Major Legal Challenge #US https://t.co/GAsDSzB92F
- British intelligence services could be forced to disclose secret activities in legal challenge https://t.co/Cfsnpnp0x2
- 'It's a national scandal': Family of UK's youngest donor demand government change the law https://t.co/SpYkUv8Wsv
- UK High Court allows group to challenge mass state surveillance https://t.co/6hQQhsi6JN
- Caribbean killer dumped in UK jail because of 133 year old colonial law https://t.co/UzHlXVUiZn
- Jeremy Corbyn backs Mirror campaign for 'simple but significant' change to law for organ donors https://t.co/4l4S33DP8E
- Angela Merkel opposed same sex marriage law in #Germany 'because marriage is between a man and woman' https://t.co/kNQ2RoHgsi
- Abortion law needs a UK-wide update, not just Northern Ireland https://t.co/QbwspsuRQ3
