2672nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
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Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
Social Justice issues.
Wishing a peaceful, just and happy Easter break to all our friends and followers!
Today's Video Focus: Sri Lankan authorities have taken seven suspects into custody, who they
believe may be connected with a series of bombings on Easter Sunday.
Three police officers were reportedly killed in the raid.
The law enforcement deaths happened when they stormed a safehouse in
Dematagoda, an area outside Colombo where the eighth explosion happened,
a defense official said.
A total of seven people were taken into custody in connection with the
bombings.
2671st 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.
Wishing a peaceful, just and happy Easter break to all our friends and followers!
Today's Video Focus: The planet is facing a crisis. Temperatures continue to rise, bringing
extreme weather, exacerbating food shortages, and leading to the
extinction of some species. Scientists have repeatedly warned that the
effects of climate change are becoming irreversible.
What will it take for politicians and the public to tackle climate
change and implement policies that bring actual solutions? And what role
does the world economic structure play in perpetuating the crisis?
2670th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
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Wishing a peaceful, just and happy Easter break to all our friends and followers!
Today's Video Focus: A new report shows how 50 lakh jobs were lost after Indian government's demonetisation and
worryingly, how fewer people are out there looking for work. With the
government insisting jobs have been created, what's the truth? Have the
last five years generated jobs, or destroyed them?
2669th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
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Wishing a peaceful, just and happy Easter break to all our friends and followers!
Today's Video Focus: As more Australian politicians and media organisations sign up to the
Chinese social media mega-app WeChat, questions are being raised about
its new place within Australia's democracy.
There are concerns politicians using WeChat may have to self-censor
their comments, avoiding criticism of China and dodging other topics
Beijing finds sensitive.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten both
use WeChat to communicate with Chinese-Australian voters, while several
media organisations including the ABC, SBS and The Australian also have
accounts.
But the news stories posted on WeChat aren't always the same ones making
headlines in Australia, and at least one Australian media organisation
has had its stories censored by platform moderators.
2668th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
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Today's Video Focus: People-smuggling across the Channel. Migrants attacking women in dark
alleys. All designed to fuel fears about immigration - perhaps the
defining issue of the EU referendum. Tonight, this programme reveals
disturbing new evidence of fakery - produced for Arron Banks's Leave.EU -
and pumped out on social media in the run up to the vote in 2016. And
at the heart of it, a secretive security company owned by Mr Banks.
Focus of the Day Article:
The chancellor of the High Court has made clear all existing cases
must be subject to new disclosure procedures – contradicting the
standard reference manual on litigation. In a case dealing with preliminary issues in the ownership dispute UTB LLC v Sheffield United Ltd & Ors, Sir Geoffrey Vos said the White Book, published earlier this year, had made a mistake in stating when procedures apply.
Full story -The Law Society Gazette
2667th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
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Today's Video Focus: Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are vowing to fight his
possible extradition to the United States following his arrest in
London, when British police forcibly removed Assange from the Ecuadorean
Embassy, where he had taken asylum for almost seven years. On Thursday
night, Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman spoke to Noam Chomsky about
Assange's arrest, WikiLeaks and American power.
Focus of the Day Article:
A barrister’s non-contractual fees are property for the purposes of
insolvency law and vest in his trustee in bankruptcy, the Court of
Appeal has ruled. Overturning the High Court, Lord Justice Newey
said the expectation of payment when fees were viewed as an honorarium
was “not founded on mere hope or morality but reflects the unique nature
of non-contractual barristers’ fees”.
Full story -Legal Futures
2666th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
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Today's Video Focus: Kemi and Mojo are two women who want to take back control of their
bodies after their sexuality was stolen from them.
They've joined one of the "UK's first plus-size dance classes" to build
their confidence and learn to love themselves as they are.
Both women have waived their right to anonymity to talk about their
experiences of being raped in the hope of encouraging others to speak
out.
Focus of the Day Article:
UN urges France to act on 'dire' living conditions of refugees. Special rapporteur for housing says plight of hundreds of migrants breaches their human rights.
Full story - New Law Journal
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Today's Video Focus: Murder, war crimes, genocide...these are some of the worst atrocities
under international law.
From conflicts to the persecution of minorities because of religion or
ethnicity, the world is facing more instances of human rights
violations.
Increasingly, the people responsible are not being punished.
Qatar is holding a two-day conference on the issue with more than 250
representatives from the UN, EU and various rights organisations.
They’re discussing ways to ensure the perpetrators of such crimes are
held to account and don't escape justice.
Focus of the Day Article:
Justice Secretary David Gauke has announced an end to ‘blame game’
divorce, under major reforms due to become law as soon as parliamentary
time allows. Family lawyers welcomed the proposals, which will
remove fault from the divorce process, make irretrievable breakdown the
sole ground for divorce, introduce joint divorce applications and remove
the ability of one spouse to contest a divorce.
Full story - New Law Journal
