Edition 3499: 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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Though the apartheid regime was dismantled 27 years ago, the question of 'racial justice' still looms large in South Africa. The recent unrest has left the country on the brink, and the crisis has touched every community.
Though the apartheid regime was dismantled 27 years ago, the question of 'racial justice' still looms large in South Africa. The recent unrest has left the country on the brink, and the crisis has touched every community.
Focus of the Day Article:
The government has introduced its Judicial review and Courts Bill to parliament, to widespread dismay among lawyers. The Bill follows Lord Faulks’s Independent Review of Administrative Law last year into the balance between citizens’ rights to challenge government decisions and the need for effective government. Full story - New Law Journal |
| Saturday Conversations on Law |
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- The government has introduced its Judicial review and Courts Bill to parliament, to widespread dismay among lawyers | NLJ https://t.co/q24PsiPefX
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- ‘Our silence permits perpetrators to continue’: one woman’s fight to expose a father’s abuse https://t.co/F8cIpfG0IC
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- Legal tech: what aspiring lawyers really need to know - Legal Cheek https://t.co/pbwejymwkT
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