Edition 3268: LawNewsIndex is a UK based topical legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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Focus of the Day Legal Article: The
Law Commission, which advises the government on law reform, called this
week for the common law offence of misconduct in public office to be
replaced with two statutory offences. It claims the offence is outdated
and unclear, and would like to clarify and modernise the law, targeting
the most serious misconduct. Full story - New Law Journal
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Greek police detained dozens of people who tried to gather in central Athens to commemorate the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old schoolboy by a policeman 12 years ago.
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