Friday

21st June - Law News

2732nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Michelle Schlitter holds the memory of her husband dear. A year ago, Bruce Cooper took his own life. Mr Cooper was a police officer for 20 years, first in NSW and then Queensland. He loved the job but also witnessed terrible things that haunted him — car accidents, suicides and murders. He was medically retired in 2008, diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. The struggle with PTSD is all too common.



Focus of the Day Article:
All lawyers have one thing in common - wearing academic gowns - but passing off controversy is being whipped-up like gowns in a Scottish wind as firm seeks to move case to English court.
Full story - The Global Legal Post

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Thursday

20th June - Law News

2731st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: As many as 2 million protesters have taken to the streets of Hong Kong to protest against a proposed bill that would allow extradition to mainland China. Opponents say the bill could be used to stifle political opposition and allow dissidents to be brought to China, where they’d be subject to unfair trials and possibly even torture. But this protest movement is about more than just a bill – it’s about Hong Kong’s future as a semi-autonomous territory. Caught between its British past and its Chinese future, Hong Kongers seem determined to retain their democratic institutions and cultural identity.



Focus of the Day Article:
Campaigners for shared parental rights have called for a presumption in law that children will spend roughly equal time with their parents following a separation or divorce, after a YouGov survey suggested the majority of the public agrees. Around 2,000 were asked in the survey, commissioned by FNF Both Parents Matter Cymru, to what extent they agreed with the proposal, excluding cases where there is a proven risk to the child. Eight in 10 agreed..

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Wednesday

19th June - Law News

2730th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: In Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is about to announce whether a thousand kilometre oil pipeline will go ahead. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) The decision over the Trans Mountain Pipeline is putting his green credentials to the test as his government recently released a report that found Canada's climate was warming twice as quickly as any other country in the world.



Focus of the Day Article:
The Law Commission has rejected pleas from the legal profession to narrow the rule that all criminal activity that generates funds or other property is caught by the anti-money laundering regime.
Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

18th June - Law News

2729th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Hundreds of thousands of Muslims in China - possibly millions - are being held in vast secure facilities, even though they've committed no crime nor faced any trial. The BBC has been given rare access to some of the sprawling complexes in the western region of Xinjiang. People there have apparently been detained for months or even years - simply for wearing a veil, praying frequently, or just communicating with relatives overseas.



Focus of the Day Article:
Judge orders public inquiry into abuse claims at immigration removal centre. Ruling says G4S staff involved in Brook House allegations can be compelled to give evidence.
Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

17th June - Law News

2728th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Yellow Vests protesters are hitting the street for the 31st week in a row in Paris on Saturday, June 15, over the French government’s policies.



Focus of the Day Article:
The criminal justice system is on the brink of collapse, a major Law Society report has concluded.
Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

16th June - Law News

2727th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Chief prosecutor says cases have been opened against 41 other members of Sudan's former regime. Al Jazeera talks to Shams, a Sudanese protester, live from Khartoum




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Saturday

15th June - Law News

2726th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Scores of doctors across several states have boycotted work for a day to express solidarity with their protesting colleagues in West Bengal. Doctors in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Jaipur Thiruvananthapuram and other places staged protests, hampering medical services in various towns and cities. Doctors at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) were seen wearing helmets and bandages as they attended to patients. The Bengal doctors have been on a strike since Tuesday, after a junior doctor was assaulted at a government-run hospital in Kolkata by the relatives of a patient who died. The doctors defied Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's ultimatum, saying they won't get back to work until they get better security. Mamata Banerjee has accused the BJP and the CPM of engineering the strike and playing "Hindu-Muslim politics". Urging the doctors to hold only symbolic protests, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, who met the doctors, blamed Mamata Banerjee and said it is her "threat" to the doctors in her state that led to the nationwide protests.




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