Edition 3338: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Tokyo's Burmese community marched in their dozens through the streets of Japan's capital to protest the recent military coup in Myanmar, holding images of detained State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi.
Focus of the Day Article: On 8 February 2020, small but significant changes were made to the Part 3 (Case Management) of the Criminal Procedure Rules and Practice Directions 2020 (“CrimPR”). These changes remove the requirement that defendants in criminal trials provide their nationality to the court at preliminary hearings. The question is now to be asked only where a court passes an immediate or suspended custodial sentence. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog
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- Paths to becoming a lawyer: Your official roadmap to the legal profession goes live - Legal Cheek https://t.co/8hWsRdMO
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- Defendants no longer required to state nationality at the start of criminal cases - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/xIFwbx65fO
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York Trump investigation looks at $280m in loans – Wall Street Journal
says prosecutors interested in loans relating to four Manhattan
properties #US https://t.co/1svfX4w6eV
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