2177th 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 court case has seen a Peruvian farmer go up against a German energy giant. The claimant says emissions generated by the company RWE are to blame for a glacier melting in South America. The dangers posed by the melting ice motivated the farmer to sue RWE – considered by some to be the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
Focus of the day story: Britain’s human rights watchdog is to launch an inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire that will examine whether the government and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea failed in their duties to protect life and provide safe housing. Full story - Guardian Law
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- Illegal wood puts temple on the brink #Thailand https://t.co/AeVrk0MSXE
- Police in Narok arrest illegal loggers #Kenya https://t.co/jGHRhblgBE
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