23rd July - Law News

Edition 4592: 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:  Violence against women and girls is a 'national emergency' that's as big a threat as terrorism police have warned. 

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

• Seven compassionate Labour MPs have had the whip suspended for six months after voting against the right-wing government of Keir Starmer on an amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap
• Fine and reprimands for barrister over conduct as law firm owner - Legal Futures
• ICJ: Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories unlawful and must end ‘as rapidly as possible’ | Irish Legal News
• Professor Richard Susskind KC (Hon) has been appointed as the Commonwealth’s special envoy for justice and artificial intelligence | Scottish Legal News
• Time to reset legal regulation and ethics, says consumer panel head - Legal Futures
• Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been found guilty of directing a group banned under UK terror laws and encouraging support for it online. He was convicted for taking a "caretaker role" in Al-Muhajiroun (ALM) after a trial at Woolwich Crown Court
• Online influencers like Andrew Tate are radicalising boys into extreme misogyny in a way that is "quite terrifying", police are warning