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Focus of the Day Law Article: Police Scotland will be given powers to break up large house parties and councils will be allowed to shut companies down that fail to follow the coronavirus rules. The Scottish government announced the measures as new cases of COVID-19 reached their highest level for almost three months. Full story - Scottish Legal News
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Hamimah Tuyan's husband, Zekeriya, was one of 51 people killed by the attacks on two mosques in Christchurch in March 2019.
The Australian gunman has pleaded guilty to charges of murder, attempted murder, manslaughter and terrorism.
Hamimah has flown from Singapore to New Zealand to give a victim impact statement at his sentencing.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- The governor of the #US state of Wisconsin has deployed the National Guard to maintain "public safety" after police shot a black man on Sunday https://t.co/hcTdkMe8a
- Flordelis de Souza, a #Brazilian congresswoman has been accused of orchestrating the murder of her pastor husband, after multiple botched attempts https://t.co/3lJHlJNUO
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- Berlin reports rise in fatalities as new bike lanes fail to keep cyclists safe - Campaigners demand more rules for lorries after initial hope pandemic would mean less traffic #Germany https://t.co/IJg1oFiqz2
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- 'Lady Grange deserves a better memorial' - A reader writes in response to our article - Our Legal Heritage: The adulterous judge who had his troublesome wife kidnapped and exiled to St Kilda - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/0UdC6c4ON
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- Roseanna Cunningham to stand down as MSP, she joined the Faculty of Advocates in 1990 and became a non-practising member in 2002 - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Gxxg1cewH0
- Covid whistleblowing claims are inevitable - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/IMOpvM4n
- There is an urgent need to review the UK's system of communicable disease control administration and its public health laws https://t.co/hEzfUp0AJ
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- Solicitor says killers of PC Andrew Harper should not 'have their spirits broken' by overtly harsh sentences https://t.co/EMmrVxEZLG
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- #Malaysia opens inquest into death of London teenager Nóra Quoirin https://t.co/R9dqLOU5Fn
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- White supremacist and terrorist who killed 51 people at two mosques in #NewZealand in 2019 had plans to target a third mosque, his sentencing hearing has heard https://t.co/3Mr6FAT40P
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- SFO charges three men over Axiom fund collapse - Legal Futures https://t.co/baqUnQ5QDV
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- Judge lifts veil on New York City police discipline records #US https://t.co/KN7djYE43P
- Protests have erupted in the #US state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man several times while responding to what they said was a domestic incident https://t.co/sKzxkjCBuu
- Ultra-rightwing Kellyanne Conway has announced that she is resigning from her post as Senior Counsel to #US President Donald Trump https://t.co/gjBLSM3nRv
- Law firms cheered by U-shaped recovery - Legal Futures https://t.co/9AEvttBpvN
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- Why a robust and independent judiciary is so critical to #India’s constitutional functioning in the face of an ultra-rightwing segregationist government https://t.co/UBPB48RPs
- Chief Justice Maraga says Judiciary will help decongest prisons #Kenya https://t.co/LWZKPZqyV
- Gujarat High Court has disposed of a PIL seeking appointment of fulltime chairperson and members to Real Estate Regulation appellate tribunal #India https://t.co/BzbjMN2k2
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