Edition 3625: 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:
Scuffles broke out as opposition supporters rallied in the streets of Lima, Peru to demand President José Pedro Castillo be impeached. Peru’s former-schoolteacher leader, known as El Profe, has been in his post for only 100 days, but is facing a motion claiming he has demonstrated ‘moral incapacity.’
Scuffles broke out as opposition supporters rallied in the streets of Lima, Peru to demand President José Pedro Castillo be impeached. Peru’s former-schoolteacher leader, known as El Profe, has been in his post for only 100 days, but is facing a motion claiming he has demonstrated ‘moral incapacity.’
Focus of the Day Story: A shortage of lawyers and judges, and the poor condition of cold, leaky court buildings, are holding back efforts to reduce the backlog, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett has warned Full story - New Law Journal
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
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- [COVID-19]
Supreme Court issues notice in plea for National Plan for
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