SRA rermoves Sharia guidance

Posted By: James

Friday 25th July 2014

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has been forced to delete from its website references to professional guidance on drawing up Sharia-compliant wills after receiving complaints that it was effectively enshrining Islamic law in the legal system. The Law Society, which issued the guidance, condemned the criticism as inaccurate and ill-informed, but the SRA has now written to the Lawyers' Secular Society saying that "given the concerns that have been raised ... the reference has now been removed".

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