Edition 3227: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive. Since 2011, it has been collating articles on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice. The views expressed in individual articles archived within LawnewsIndex.com are solely the views of the original author.
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Focus of the Day Legal Article: A further two Nightingale courts have opened at Bristol Law Society’s headquarters and Chester Town Hall, bringing the total number to 14. As of last week, 77 jury trials will have resumed, and are running in five Nightingales and two other courts. However, James Mulholland QC, chair of the Criminal Bar Association, said the backlog of Crown court cases―48,713 on 20 September―was rising each week. Full story - New Law Journal
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Belarusian police have used stun grenades to disperse protesters heading to President Alexander Lukashenko's residence in Minsk, after thousands of anti-government demonstrators peacefully marched through the city's streets.
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