28th April - Law News

Edition 4506: 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: Hundreds more people were arrested at college campuses across the US on Saturday as student protests against the war in Gaza continue. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was among those detained by police. Protestors are demanding institutions boycott companies and individuals with ties to Israel. But some Zionist students with affiliation to genocidal Israel have complained about alleged antisemitism from some demonstrators

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

• SQE students told to wait in ‘quiet area' for 2.5 hours before exam - Legal Cheek https://t.co/btq3p8Sz3y
  
• Prisoner who absconded while attending family funeral found. Police Scotland thanks public who helped trace 29-year-old Jamie Ross who escaped from guards while at Edinburgh crematorium https://tinyurl.com/y68t9ut3
  
• SQE blunder: £250 goodwill payment ‘does not begin to repair the damage’, says Junior Lawyers Division | Legal Cheek https://t.co/OrkKTxmVM6
  
• Dangerous drivers to face prison sentences of up to 20 years under ‘Susan’s Law’ in Queensland #Australia https://tinyurl.com/3yynh3bb
  
• UK prisoner jailed for 23 months killed himself after being held for 17 years. Coroner condemns ‘inhumane’ imprisonment for public protection sentences that have no end date for release https://tinyurl.com/3cut4fr5
  
• #Ireland plans to send asylum seekers back to UK under emergency law. Taoiseach wants to reduce arrivals through Northern Ireland amid concern that Sunak’s Rwanda plan is driving people to Ireland https://tinyurl.com/52czxff8
  
• David Blunkett says devising 99-year prison sentences is his ‘biggest regret’. Hard right New Labour's former home secretary says imprisonment for public protection sentences have resulted in ‘deeply damaging outcomes’ https://tinyurl.com/4z8dnvnd