26th February - Law News

Edition 4444: 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: In 1835, James Pratt and John Smith became the last gay men to be hanged in England, despite appeals for clemency from the magistrate who'd committed them for trial. The Labour MP Sir Chris Bryant has written a book about the couple, called 'James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder'. 

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Post Office hires ex-police to check its investigators in Horizon scandal http://tinyurl.com/5y275ven
• 'What should I be doing as a new associate?' - Legal Cheek https://t.co/HYBXdCd3Gh
  
• Protesting against Israel's genocide in Gaza, a man sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in Washington DC #US http://tinyurl.com/3jzk69vb
• Post Office said last month it stands by most Horizon convictions. Letter shows Post Office told ministers it would oppose attempts to overturn 369 prosecutions http://tinyurl.com/yfh22jru
• #Bangladesh's critically endangered wild elephants have received a court order banning their adoption and protecting them from exploitation http://tinyurl.com/4r5tjpm6
• CPS: Quarter of pupil barristers quit after a year - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UER9Z3ubZk
• The deputy prime minister has declined to say whether Lee Anderson's comments were Islamophobic and said the MP would have kept his role had he apologised http://tinyurl.com/499vfxay