Edition 3184: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice.
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Focus of the Day Law Article: The government’s Internal Market Bill puts the UK at risk of trade sanctions from EU member states, and could breach devolution laws, lawyers have warned. The Bill gives ministers powers to ‘disapply’ rules relating to the movement of goods in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Full story - New Law Journal
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Some 5,000 Palermo (Italy) citizens have been evacuated, after a Second World War bomb containing an estimated 120kg of powerful explosives was discovered near the city’s port.
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