25th July - Law News

2401st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: For years Arron Banks has styled himself as the bad boy of Brexit, a man who poured millions of pounds into UKIP and the Brexit campaign from his personal fortune, made from a multitude of businesses. The jewel in the crown - perhaps his diamond business, with mines in Southern Africa and a shop in Bristol. He denies allegation of bribery in Lesotho over mining interest.

Focus of the Day Story:

High numbers of low-quality suspicious activity reports (SARs) are making it difficult to investigate money laundering, the Law Commission has warned.
Law firms are regularly criticised for generating only a small fraction of the SARs received by the National Crime Agency.

Full story - Legal Futures

Saturday Conversations on Law

• First she was accused of being a 'sex spy' for Russia. Now she faces a new battle to stay in #Canad https://t.co/bGWoW7GWna
• Arron Banks: Brexit donor paid thousands to Lesotho government minister https://t.co/goJ2VIQ4Yt
• Novichok: Victim found poison bottle in branded box https://t.co/qKZTbn5PgM 
• Police watchdog spent over £60000 in legal fees to contest whistleblower case – but lost https://t.co/umhYZcjIFJ 
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/7A3xzKqRfP
• Green Tribunal voices concern over illegal groundwater extractions by hotels #India https://t.co/sSGh1Ua30P
• Chandigarh Tribunal awards Rs 45 lakh to kin of man killed in mishap #India https://t.co/HA5Cb7ZJPX 
• NRA sues Seattle over recently passed 'safe storage' gun law #US https://t.co/u31kyuzkHl 
• #Israel's New Law Inflames the Core Tension in Its Identity https://t.co/rEvNBGggNq 
• Ian Paisley's free Sri Lanka holidays: MPs vote to suspend North Antrim MP for 30 days https://t.co/jDDZGvYof2 
• 'Snapchat queen' Fatima Khan guilty of boyfriend killing https://t.co/HI1Y9K1n26
• Accused #Russian spy Maria Butina's lawyer: Russia 'doesn't want her back, they want her out'… https://t.co/ngsqq55uMR 
• #Samoa's constitution not designed to support new land law https://t.co/dZjZm6JyRm 
• Muslim minority in the #Philippines prepares for a presidential order that could end a 40-year war… https://t.co/NsnjZvJav
• Eleven babies die after #Dutch women given Viagra in drug trial https://t.co/wK62MWlgRB 
• Courts for addicted parents work. So why are they being stripped of support? https://t.co/hPBP7oPiva
• Judges say 'same roof' rule denying victims compensation is unfair https://t.co/tf6jdfU3AT
• UK lawyers preparing to challenge Home Secretary Javid's decision over Isis pair https://t.co/JSV2G1iiCa
• In a move to empower victims of sexual harassment, Vermont law takes aim at common legal practice #US… https://t.co/lqTLUEKFHQ
• The death penalty is an abomination – Home Secretary Sajid Javid must not condone it https://t.co/sJGhQDTV9H
• Terrorism watchdog Max Hill becomes next director of public prosecutions https://t.co/3ZdfnAJkWP
• Druze officials ask High Court to strike racist Jewish nation-state law #Israel https://t.co/p3tnYGP3wM
• Transgender citizens claim law protecting rights not implemented #Pakistan https://t.co/guexfbNVc4
• #HongKong’s Obscene Articles Tribunal classify Murakami’s literary work as ‘indecent’ https://t.co/pjw1ztI3Ec 
• Violence against women at center of debate on landmark bill in #Iran https://t.co/tPdgm0yuJS https://t.co/tPdgm0yuJS
• #Kuwaiti influencer defends controversial remarks on Filipino workers getting a day off work https://t.co/CQVsPbI3YT
• To curb lynching, our hopes are pinned on the judiciary #India https://t.co/y0tiJqbIw5 
• Justice Shaukat sees erosion of independence of judiciary #Pakistan https://t.co/vlLmhw8R1P 
• Orders to snoop on private data unlawful, tribunal finds https://t.co/npcmjNaY9D
• #Pakistan Supreme Court moved to declare Nawaz, Maryam residences sub-jails https://t.co/xEJhSX9Rwn
• Can Free Online Legal Platforms Replace Customary Consultation for Startups? #Israel https://t.co/FijHQm48vl 
• Mistaken belief in sexual consent should not be a crime: barristers #Australia https://t.co/jm9B6EiXp5
• Ghana oil firm to pursue its legal battle over Glencore https://t.co/rLZvrSNLRT
• The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/C5jXYTB6NX
• In #China, Vaccine Scandal Infuriates Parents and Tests Government https://t.co/9J9oIKRZ5q 
• Tired of stiring the soup, Bake Off winner John Whaite to train as barrister https://t.co/2OxfRvVM9X
• The Guardian view on Israel's new law: popular will is being weaponised https://t.co/eTgMrWxy8S 
• Should we treat crime as something to be cured rather than punished? https://t.co/c3Jo8qABL4 
• Ministers unlikely to raise NI abortion law with British counterparts https://t.co/OX4M66IYkb 
• £3m backing for lawyer’s document automation business | Legal Futures https://t.co/uGhWQ9NSck
• Bid to reduce “low-quality” money laundering reports | Legal Futures https://t.co/AIW7EsKWEj
• MPs call for proper explanation of small claims rise | Legal Futures https://t.co/2TyDTj3zpQ https://t.co/2TyDTj3zpQ
• HMRC steps up chase for tax avoiders, with use of legal action doubling in a year https://t.co/4T6ZU2AyrH
• Public safety at 'serious and unnecessary risk' due to brexit deadlock https://t.co/CPQy2zZ93s 
• Tories accused of 'secretly' abandoning UK's opposition to death penalty https://t.co/7JlSXKWODo 
• Self-employed owed tens of thousands for completed work, 'shocking' report reveals https://t.co/xQVPluf6JO 
• Millions of families 'worse off' than 15 years ago as a result of Tory austerity https://t.co/xsPx1mKPe1 
• Supreme Court to rule on Holyrood's powers after Brexit https://t.co/CX9j1xssaA
• This racist new law makes me ashamed to be #Israeli | Conductor Daniel Barenboim https://t.co/csoTuHPSO5
• Alt-right champion Steve Bannon plans Europe-wide populist right campaign and reignite fascism https://t.co/REjYrxf99k
• #Mexican prisoners flee Sinaloa jail disguised as guards https://t.co/LbbmSAY9Tc
• #French school in row over tracking pupils electronically https://t.co/wmIzisqraH
• #Kenya slum demolished to make way for road https://t.co/xald8WoYuk 
• Migrant crisis: #Italy to accept arrivals until deal reached https://t.co/fk3OjeT4cj
• Toronto shooting suspect identified as Faisal Hussain, 29 #Canada https://t.co/kDxDI5Gi2Y