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7th June - Law News

3085th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.


Today's Video Focus:  After nearly two weeks of nationwide protests against police brutality, several US states are taking steps to reform controversial police practices. In Minneapolis, where George Floyd died in police custody, chokeholds and neck restraints are banned.



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Saturday

6th June - Law News

3084th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  A policeman is seen pinning down a man with his knee and brutally beating him in Rajasthan's Jodhpur in a video that has been compared by many to the George Floyd case in the US. The man was beaten allegedly for not wearing a mask. Police brutality is widespread in India although it is against the law.



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Friday

5th June - Law News

3083rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive since 2011 focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus:  German prosecutors believe British girl Madeleine McCann who went missing in Portugal 13 years ago, is dead. They're investigating a 43-year-old german national on suspicion of murder. While Madeleine's parents have welcomed this 'significant devlopment', they remain hopeful their daughter's still alive.


Focus of the Day Article: Long-practising barrister has been fined £1,000 for being rude to a judge, after pulling faces at her and calling one of her decisions ‘insane’. Marguerite Russell, who was called to the bar in 1972, was found to have acted in a ‘rude and unprofessional manner’ towards the judge over a three-month period in 2016 while instructed as counsel for the defence. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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