6th October - Law News

Edition 4301: 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: For the first time in history, the Supreme Court of Brazil has the opportunity to completely decriminalize abortion. Right now, abortion is a serious crime – and Brazilian women risk up to three years in prison for ending their pregnancies. In a new Opinion Video adapted from the feature documentary "Incompatible with Life," Brazilian filmmaker Eliza Capai shares her personal experience and calls on the country to protect its women from dangerous, underground procedures and the threat of incarceration. “Do we want to live in a country whose laws torture its citizens?” she asks. “Or do we want to join our neighbors, like Colombia and Mexico, that faced the reality by decriminalizing abortion?” 

Focus of the Day Legal News: Mercy killings in England and Wales will not always be prosecuted, new guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service states. Cases in which the victim had a clear and informed desire to end their life or in which the suspected killer acted under significant emotional pressure could make prosecution unlikely. Full story - Irish Legal News   

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

• Police and private companies should "immediately stop" the use of facial recognition surveillance, says a group of politicians and privacy campaigners https://t.co/vnkJhATkYU
  
• 'Jade's Law' to strip partner-killers of parental responsibility | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/4w6nks5s
• Holiday pay ruling ‘entitles many UK workers to thousands in unfairly deducted wages’ https://tinyurl.com/3jjrr39x
• SRA fines firm that failed to comply with undertaking - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/5n7b244b
  
• Dorset firm slapped with £45,000 fine for claims failings | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/mrx4kvvk
• 21 people arrested at the King's Coronation will face no further action, the Met Police has said. The Met, who were criticised for their response, claimed arrests were made over public nuisance threats and to prevent a breach of the peace https://tinyurl.com/34akv78c
  
• Crossbow intruder who wanted to 'kill Queen' given nine-year sentence -Jaswant Singh Chail has become the first person in the UK in over 40 years to be jailed for treason https://tinyurl.com/3p2cus6s