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14th August - Law News

2058th 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: The Guardian investigates the causes behind the murder of Tristan Voorspuy, a former British army officer shot on his ranch by armed nomadic herders in March. For months, Kenya’s central county of Laikipia has become the epicentre​ of a bloody conflict between pastoralists from the north and farmers whose land they have invaded. A severe drought aggravated by climate change is partly to blame, but so is political manoeuvering ahead of last week's general elections.

Focus of the day story: All employment law claims reliant on the Supreme Court’s ruling that employment tribunal fees are unlawful have been stayed. In R (on the application of Unison) v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51, at the end of July, the Supreme Court held that charging claimants fees for bringing claims to the employment tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal, is unlawful. Full story: New Law Journal

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