Edition 3488: 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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Warning: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following story contains the name and image of a person who has died. A 43-year-old man from New South Wales has become the ninth First Nations person to die in custody in year.The man's family have identified him as Ngemba man Frank Coleman. He was found unresponsive in his cell at Sydney's Long Bay Jail last Thursday. His family say he was in good health leading up to his death. Stan Grant says comparing to the response to COVID, it shows what a country like Australia care about.
Warning: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following story contains the name and image of a person who has died. A 43-year-old man from New South Wales has become the ninth First Nations person to die in custody in year.The man's family have identified him as Ngemba man Frank Coleman. He was found unresponsive in his cell at Sydney's Long Bay Jail last Thursday. His family say he was in good health leading up to his death. Stan Grant says comparing to the response to COVID, it shows what a country like Australia care about.
Focus of the Day Article:
The government’s principal legal advisers are likely to be expected to work 40% of their contracted hours in the office after Covid restrictions are lifted, the Gazette understands. On Monday prime minister Boris Johnson announced that the majority of legal restrictions will be removed from 19 July and people will no longer be instructed to work from home. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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- #US
federal judge ruled that the city of New York was transferring homeless
people to group shelters without adequate consideration for their
health https://t.co/GbPrnpeNLt
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