13th June - Law News

Edition 4186: 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: Peru has suffered by far the worst covid death toll of any country in the world per capita - and it's currently battling another deadly disease.  A record 130,000 cases of Dengue Fever have been reported so far this year. Spread by mosquitoes - it can cause fevers, nausea and in the most serious cases - death. Health authorities warn this outbreak could get worse - as the warming El Niño climate effect helps the insects thrive. 

  

Focus of the Day Law News/Article: 
How did NHS body get the law so badly wrong over its rules on same-sex care? Full story - Guardian Law 

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Three people have been killed - and another three injured - in connected "horrific and tragic" attacks in Nottingham. Two people, believed to have been stabbed, were found dead by police in Ilkeston Road just after 04:00 BST https://shorturl.at/ktV89
  
• Black remand prisoners held 70% longer than white counterparts in England and Wales https://shorturl.at/amBDI
  
• UK judges to be given powers to dismiss oppressive Slapps lawsuits at early stage https://shorturl.at/bjuSY
  
• Senior Tory MP seeks abortion law rethink after mother jailed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65886472
  
• Tenant urges others to follow after deposit win - Edinburgh Holiday and Party Lets (EHPL) was ordered to refund Adéla Koubová after a housing tribunal ruled her former flat was not a holiday let https://tinyurl.com/y9fetfj9