Edition 3404: 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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Indigenous leaders are hopeful the murder conviction of a man on the other side of the world will bring much-needed change in Australia. Indigenous young people make up 50 per cent of those in youth detention, while comprising just five per cent of the population. While the conviction of former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of African-American George Floyd has no official or legal precedent for Australia, Indigenous leaders in this country think it can bring important societal change.
Indigenous leaders are hopeful the murder conviction of a man on the other side of the world will bring much-needed change in Australia. Indigenous young people make up 50 per cent of those in youth detention, while comprising just five per cent of the population. While the conviction of former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of African-American George Floyd has no official or legal precedent for Australia, Indigenous leaders in this country think it can bring important societal change.
Focus of the Day Article:
The High Court has refused relief from sanctions to a party where the
solicitors blamed Covid restrictions for a trainee not sending a claim
form with other documents. The form was emailed four days late in a contractual claim worth £683,000, and Mrs Justice O’Farrell DBE ruled in Boxwood Leisure Ltd v Gleeson Construction Services Ltd & Anor that the court could not grant leniency for the error. Full story
- The Law Society Gazette
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
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- Heathrow
Airport has refused to allow extra flights from #India before the
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- A
#US jury has found a former police officer guilty of murder over the
death of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year
https://t.co/2bfglWlLZ1
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