2nd June - Law News

Edition 4906: 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: The former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has been awarded £84,000 in damages after winning his libel case against the BBC. He sued for defamation over a documentary and accompanying online article that alleged he sanctioned the murder of a Denis Donaldson, an MI5 informant, which he denied. Donaldson's daughter has called for an urgent public inquiry into her father's killing.

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

• What is Project Esther, the playbook against pro-Palestine movement in US? Advocates say Trump administration appears to be following Project Esther’s recommendations to crackdown on activism
• How Gen Z lawyers are transforming the legal profession from within - Legal Cheek
• 'Siege Starvation: A War Crime of Societal Torture' | Chicago Journal of International Law
• British businessman accused of plotting to smuggle US military technology to #China. John Miller and Chinese national Cui Guanghai are facing extradition in connection with an FBI investigation
• UK citizens face fingerprint checks each time they visit EU | Brexit - Biometrics app not ready, meaning travellers through Port of Dover will have to exit vehicles to have identity verified
• FA's ban on transgender women playing in women's football begins
• What is ecocide and could it become a crime under international law? Classing grievous acts of environmental harm as crimes against peace may hold states and corporations to account