9th June - Law News

Edition 4548: 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: Labour's stance on Gaza, and a backlash among some of its traditional supporters, is already becoming a hotly contested issue in some of the party's strongholds.

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

• Unite, Labour's biggest trade union backer, has refused to endorse the party's general election manifesto, saying it does not go far enough on protecting workers' rights and jobs in the oil and gas industry https://tinyurl.com/nhy8hapb
  
• Palestinian life under #Israeli occupation: An illustrated guide https://tinyurl.com/bdza7ra3
  
• Officers disciplined for misconduct after bungling inquiry into serial rapist David Carrick. Negligent investigation left sex attacker and Met police officer free to continue offending for five years before arrest https://tinyurl.com/knbfkd36
• UN adds #Israel to list of militaries committing violations against children https://tinyurl.com/yckxfxt6
  
• CPS ticked off over criticism of last-minute instruction of counsel | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/y5hjkje2
• Why are #Nigeria’s worker unions up in arms? Unions are engaged in negotiations with the government as they demand rise in minimum wages amid cost of living crisis https://tinyurl.com/yurw5re6
  
• Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry live: Former chair Alice Perkins says GC Susan Crichton 'pushed back unnecessarily' on reviewing more cases | Law Gazette https://t.co/iBRwGVTMEq