Edition 3318: 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: It's still far too early to offer a timetable for easing the Covid restrictions. That's the warning from the health secretary for England Matt Hancock.
He said the pressure on the NHS was just too great, with the number of patients being admitted to hospital almost double that at the peak of the pandemic last year. Public Health England has warned that death rates and hospitalisations still need to fall much further before any easing of the current restrictions.
Focus of the Day Article: The Outer House of the Court of Session has heard a
second day of oral submissions in an action seeking declarator that the
Scottish Parliament has competence to hold a referendum on Scottish
independence without the consent of Westminster.
Full story - Scottish Legal News
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
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