Lawyers

Thousands of lawyers across Egypt will stage a five-hour sit-in today in front of courthouses to express solidarity with their…

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday urged lawyers and judges to resolve their dispute promptly, dismissing calls to mediate the…

Most of Monday's newspapers, including state-run papers Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar, lead with news that the Tanta Misdemeanors Appeal Court has…

Lawyer protests sweeping the country for the past two weeks have caused many courtroom delays, including the adjournment of two…

The recent imprisonment of two lawyers convicted of assault has given rise to a conflict between Egypt’s two poles of…

Peoples Assembly speaker, Ahmed Fathi Sorour, met with President of the lawyers syndicate Hamdi Khaleefa yesterday and is scheduled to…

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been discussing "lifting the siege off Gaza" with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting…

Eight-hundred judges and prosecutors from Mansoura have filed complaints to the general prosecutor, Abdel Maguid Mahmoud, accusing the lawyers syndicate…

Speaker of Parlaiment Fathi Sorour’s intervention to resolve the recent tension between judges and lawyers is the leading headline across…

Parliament decided yesterday to return proposed amendments to the Legal Practice Law to the legislative committee for more discussion following…