Edition 3310: 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: Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been detained by police at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after returning from Germany, where he had been recovering following a poisoning attempt last summer.
Navalny and his wife Yulia left the plane together on Sunday evening with the rest of the passengers and drove to the terminal in a bus. He was arrested at the immigration desk. Russia’s prison authority has confirmed the detention.
Focus of the Day Article: Lawyers have hailed a Supreme Court judgment on COVID-19 insurance cover, which could save thousands of jobs. The test case, Financial Conduct Authority & Ors v Arch Insurance [2021] UKSC 1, concerned the extent of coverage for business interruption under standard policies.
Full story - New Law Journal
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