Edition 3251: 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: Local authority lawyers have told a government-commissioned probe into judicial review that the current regime is 'fit for purpose' in the first known public sector response to the inquiry. Responding to the Independent Review of Administrative Law’s call for evidence, Lawyers in Local Government, a membership body for council lawyers, monitoring and governance officers, said it strongly believed there was a 'positive case for the ongoing scrutiny of public decision making'. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
Today's Highlighted Video Story: The return of a self-exiled cleric is causing concern for Indonesian authorities. Rizieq Shihab is the leader of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front, and over the weekend thousands defied social distancing rules to attend his rallies. Resty Woro Yuniar, a Jakarta-based reporter for the South China Morning Post, told The World the violations have led to some repercussions.
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