Edition 3242: 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: Convicted rapist loses mutual corroboration appeal based on paternity of complainer’s child. Full story - Scottish Legal News
Today's Highlighted Video Story: President Ilham Aliyev has said his forces are winning the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and said Armenia's "opportunities to compromise are shrinking". Fighting has flared in the territory, which is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, but governed by ethnic Armenians backed by the Armenian government.
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
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- Junior barrister imagines Boris Johnson and top Tory MPs as fictional QCs in hilarious Twitter thread - Legal Cheek https://t.co/E7kqInwDKP
- The NewLaw sector is in the midst of an identity crisis. Practitioners in this space should be kind to one another and focus on one’s own race - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/Ngaxpoey2e
- ICC Uighur genocide complaint backed by parliamentarians around world - ‘Chance should not be squandered’ to bring #Chinese government to justice, letter states https://t.co/YontJQeHG
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- More than 1,600 African migrants have been rescued at sea or reached #Spain's Canary Islands over the weekend, Spanish emergency services said https://t.co/2VQ9qC6JT
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