2nd July - Law News

Edition 4571: 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: Israel's military has issued new evacuation orders in parts of southern Gaza, as it continues its attacks across the Strip. It's warned residents and displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis to move to the western part of the city for their own safety. But people say there's no safe place to take refuge.

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

• Law firm fines should be a minimum of £5k, says SRA - Legal Futures 
• Freed Gaza hospital head accuses Israel of repeated torture. Al-Shifa’s Mohammed Abu Salmiya alleges #Israel tortured him across seven months of detention without charge
• #US supreme court rules Trump has ‘absolute immunity’ for official acts. Trump appointed right wing biased Court rules former presidents entitled to some degree of immunity from criminal prosecution
• SRA: Law firms continuing to hold client money "not inevitable" - Legal Futures
• Ministry of Justice data reveals thousands 'trapped' in family justice system | Law Gazette
• Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary said the "Kevin Keegan effect" meant people still viewed him as a member of a group banned under UK terror laws, a court has heard
• In depth: PO inquiry - Ex-Fujitsu engineer Gareth Jenkins claims he was unaware of expert witness obligations | Law Gazette