Lawyers accuse Robert Jenrick of endangering staff over Hamas case remarks

Lawyers representing Hamas have accused former minister Robert Jenrick of endangering their staff after claiming they show "sympathy for terrorists" by representing the Palestinian group.

Riverway Law, the firm handling a legal application to deproscribe Hamas in the UK, has written to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood urging her to condemn Jenrick’s remarks.

In the letter, solicitor Fahad Ansari argued that the former immigration minister's comments were not only inflammatory but could also put him and other lawyers representing Hamas in danger.

"Mr Jenrick has had recent form for attacking not just lawyers, but independent judges as well," Ansari wrote.

"His comments are not only reckless and libellous but amount to incitement against our staff members."

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