Edition 3321: 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: The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest over China's passing of a law allowing its coastguard to open fire on foreign vessels. Beijing passed the legislation last week to use "all necessary means" to prevent foreign threats, including destroying structures built by other countries on Chinese-claimed reefs. Raji Pillai Rajagopalan, an expert in defence and the South China Sea from the Observer Research Foundation, tells The World there's little recourse nations can take, which could lead to military conflict.
Focus of the Day Article: CPS denies major change in rape charging policy despite falling rates.Court of appeal told a shift in focus from a merits-based approach was not a ‘volte-face’. The Crown Prosecution Service has denied making major changes to its approach to charging rape, at a landmark legal hearing at the court of appeal.
Full story - Guardian Law
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
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- Brexit Grace Period for Free Flow of Personal Data in EU-UK https://t.co/6UGqenIMXz
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- CPS denies major change in rape charging policy despite falling rates:
Court of appeal told a shift in focus from a merits-based approach was not a ‘volte-face’ https://t.co/FkQU9N5CKM
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