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29th August - Law News

2803rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, over 70 new laws have been passed in Australia in the name of national security ... and many of them interfere with democratic rights and freedoms. As Australia’s security state has expanded in response to the war on terror, so too has Australia’s state of secrecy. More government documents are being classified, more journalists are being monitored, more whistleblowers are being charged. It begs the question: where do we draw the line between national security and the public’s right to know?

Focus of the Day article:
Nobody is under any illusion that the small claims track (SCT) portal is in some disarray.  The MIB (responsible for building the portal) has held public information meetings, but these have simply focused attention on the lack of joined-up thinking between stakeholders, notably the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Civil Procedure Rule Committee.
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