Edition 3250: 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.
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Focus of the Day Legal Article: Family lawyers should be forced to follow good practice to protect children from “acrimonious legal representation” and report it to their regulator, a major report has concluded. It also said there was a “lack of inter-disciplinary practice” by family lawyers and insufficient knowledge of the role of other professionals. Full story - Legal Futures
Today's Highlighted Video Story: In the days after the election, Times reporters went to four swing state counties with some of the tightest vote margins to see how people were feeling. The answer? Still pretty divided.
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- Travel rules have been relaxed for people arriving in England to work on poultry farms to ensure there is enough turkey available for Christmas dinners https://t.co/JHVFB4GXi
- ‘People’s tribunal’ established to investigate alleged atrocities of Iranian state - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/xZJsWYTb0
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- Abortion provider changes name over Marie Stopes eugenics link https://t.co/EAWMNKgzd
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- Gillian Carty elected chair of Shepherd and Wedderburn - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/DcXkJNoTnc
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- Courts are not oracles of public opinion: Patna High Court acquits death row convict https://t.co/alKAkhZfHX
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- ECB accused by John Holder and Ismail Dawood of 'institutionalised racism' https://t.co/N8zPTPltLg
- #US singer Taylor Swift has confirmed a report that music mogul Scooter Braun has sold the rights to her first six albums https://t.co/Vu4pVg9Tbt
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