25th June - Law News

Edition 4564: 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 Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark case that ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students must be drafted to the military. There have been long-standing exemptions for conscription for young men registered in full-time religious study, but a legal arrangement allowing the practice to continue expired recently. The strains of the current war in Gaza - with Israeli military leaders complaining of a shortage of combat soldiers - have led to renewed demands for what is seen as more equal sharing of the security burden.

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

• Open letter in #India calls for withdrawal of go-ahead to prosecute Arundhati Roy. Over 200 signatories urge government to reverse decision enabling action against writer under anti-terrorism law https://tinyurl.com/msxap7pc
  
• Employee diverted client's stamp duty refund to herself - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/5bm3mj7f
• Part-time immigration tribunal judge jailed for £1.8m legal aid scam | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/2kw493x3
• UK ‘tried to suppress criticism’ of alleged #UAE role in arming Sudan’s RSF militia https://tinyurl.com/y5b63ccu
  
• Shortages in the client account will not be tolerated, SRA tells firms | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/3tdyyuer
• Labour reiterates pledge to ‘modernise’ gender transition process https://tinyurl.com/ms7cn7hb
• Conveyancers must stop work “taking over your life” - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/mrxnzhtw