5th August - Law News

2777th 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: 20 people were killed and 26 others injured in El Paso, Texas. In less than 24 hours, 9 people have been killed in a mass shooting in downtown Dayton, Ohio while 26 others were injured. The mass shootings were hate crime by far-right white terrorists.

Focus of the Day Article:

Delays in employment cases have hit a record high as overburdened tribunals struggle to deal with the volume of claims, lawyers have warned.

Full story - New Law Journal

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