8th April - Law News

Edition 4851: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

 -------------------------------------------------------------

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Anti-Zionism MPs Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang were denied entry to Israel and have now arrived back in the United Kingdom. The two Labour MPs said they had made the trip “to visit humanitarian aid projects and communities in the West Bank”. The untra-right wing Israeli immigration authorities maintained they were prevented from entering as the purpose of their visit was to "spread hateful rhetoric against Israel".

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/X feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Assisted dying could become ‘tool’ to harm women in England and Wales, say faith leaders. Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Sikh women say bill has ‘insufficient safeguards’ to protect those who are vulnerable
• Barrister made nude modelling comments to trainee police officer - Legal Futures
• What next for climate activism now Just Stop Oil is ‘hanging up the hi-vis’?
• SRA neglected risks of ‘accumulator’ firms - Law Society | News | Law Gazette
• Top employment solicitor hits out at conduct of big City law firms - Legal Futures
• Institute of Business Ethics warns of criminal sanctions over City’s dirty money failings | Law Gazette
• SRA uses settlement agreements "to put pressure on solicitors" - Legal Futures