Abuse victims call for David Lavery to resign from Law Society

A group that represents victims and survivors of sexual abuse has called on Law Society chief executive David Lavery to resign after he provided a court reference for a convicted child sex offender. The call comes days after the prominent legal figure was removed from the Human Rights Commission by Secretary of State Chris Bryant.The unusual intervention came after Mr Lavery provided a reference for his cousin William Lloyd Lavery, who was convicted of historical sexual offences earlier this year.The 77-year-old former teacher, who worked for a number of UUP MLAs, was sentenced to two years in prison in April after being found guilty of six counts of indecent assault at a school he taught at in the 1970s.Dismissed human rights commissioner also stepped down from PSNI spy probe panelOpens i