2255th 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: Sexual abuse that reportedly took place in an orphan boarding school sent shockwaves across Russia after its former residents described the horrors that happened there, claiming they had been raped by a visitor and staff.
Focus of the Day story: The gender pay gap at the Law Society Group (the Law Society and Solicitors Regulatory Association), is ‘substantially lower’ than across the UK workforce as a whole, the group has announced. Full story - New Law Journal
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- #Syria war: UN Security Council approves 30-day ceasefire https://t.co/PIkq0r17o4
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- The Continuing Impact of Brexit on Equality Rights... https://t.co/fZIUr6EkHB
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- Selection process for appointments in tribunals to go on: Supreme Court #India https://t.co/cjoUMA3ahQ
- International tribunal must consider #Armenia's crimes against #Azerbaijan - FM https://t.co/HbuwbsCTbM
- Cleveland Police spying on PA journalists was unlawful, rules tribunal #US https://t.co/gqd66Yrcad
- Tory Ben Bradley apologises unreservedly for Corbyn spy claims! https://t.co/lnH4cUQYKj
