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25th September- Law News

Edition 3195: LawNewsIndex is a UK based legal news & articles archive. Since 2011, it has been collating articles on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice. The views expressed in individual articles archived within LawnewsIndex.com are solely the views of the original author.  

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Focus of the Day Law Article: Freshfields becomes first magic circle UK firm to appoint a woman leader. Asia head Georgia Dawson takes top role; one of three co-managing partners to be based in US. Full story - The Global Legal Post

Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Westpac has agreed to pay $1.3 billion for 23 million breaches of money laundering laws. The penalty comes after the financial crimes regulator, AUSTRAC, accused the bank of failing to prevent breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financial laws.




Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Getting a job as a paralegal; interview techniques and tips | the barrister https://t.co/PvMpB2yqiV
  • Suella Braverman calls fellow female MP 'emotional' during row over Brexit bill – video https://t.co/5wguilhy0g
  • The CMA is reviewing the legal services sector in England and Wales to assess whether transparency of price, quality and service have improved | the barrister https://t.co/hvHWp5Vzv8
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/hZK1ZizS0Q
  • The Bar Standards Board recently issued its Regulatory Return questionnaire to a selection of around 350 chambers, BSB entities and sole practitioners as a way to assess risk across the Bar and levels of compliance with its rules | the barrister https://t.co/88e1dRm2YQ
  • Lawyers in film: Inherit the Wind - We can learn a lot about the profession from lawyers in film and it can engender in students a love of the law | Counsel https://t.co/iULBPXO2Ic
  • In the absence of reliable evidence, British ex-soldier Major Robert Campbell cleared over Iraqi teenager Saeed Shabram's death - he drowned after being forced into a river by UK soldiers in Basra in 2003 https://t.co/6Ly9U5pPs3
  • Covid: Scottish university students banned from going to pubs https://t.co/oWkmI3nyeK 
  • Beyond the intrusiveness of automated facial recognition is concern about ‘false positives’ and potential for racial bias in the technology | Counsel https://t.co/lxPAsVkCCj
  • Black History Month and the Bar Council Leadership Programme | Counsel https://t.co/BNeHsKvbWz
  • A black barrister has said court staff mistook her for a defendant three times in one day. Alexandra Wilson, 25, from Essex, said a security officer, a solicitor and a court clerk had not recognised she was in the legal profession https://t.co/HZvz51bED
  • US private equity house takes major stake in listed law firm - Legal Futures https://t.co/LatP2GM0Xc
  • #French police have opened an investigation after a woman in Strasbourg said she was attacked in broad daylight for wearing a skirt https://t.co/ikcvRSYLDw
  • Law firms "in denial" about their post-Covid finances - Legal Futures https://t.co/muZgEuzljT
  • Football hate crime - Arrests for racism-related offences on the rise - Incidents of hate crime connected to 287 football matches in England and Wales were reported in 2019-20, according to new Home Office figures https://t.co/UhpaylTOX
  • Barrister sanctioned for "positive discrimination" jibe at judge - Legal Futures https://t.co/WHB38qqjvS 
  • David Kates-Lowick, who kept calling police to complain Britain's Got Talent star Ant McPartlin was still on TV after his drink driving conviction, is jailed. He breached an order by contacting Dyfed-Powys Police when it was not a genuine police matter https://t.co/dJWzRofXNR
  • Now you see him, now you don’t – sheriff’s speaker profile removed after SLN enquiry - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/KQEOTHCdyj
  • Latest amendments to hate crime bill welcomed by Faculty and Law Society - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ADZy6ZxCs
  • Man found with indecent images of children loses appeal against conviction - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/dksktbbu4v
  • Students “could save up to £38k” by qualifying with SQE - Legal Futures https://t.co/imiBMgus14
  • Small firms in legal threat over Yell hard-sell tactics https://t.co/pnKmznz81
  • Judge Orders Eric Trump to Testify in N.Y. Fraud Inquiry #US https://t.co/DNdVA0z2SP 
  • The SQE and ethics: STAR lite? - Legal Futures https://t.co/QGM0dQa1Oa
  • The Overseas Operations Bill for service personnel and veterans will be laid before Parliament for its Second Reading https://t.co/P07Ji2lVBz 
  • TikTok Files for Injunction to Stop Ban of App https://t.co/oPuLyrBlEc 
  • The government and firms will continue to top up the wages of workers who have not been able to return to the workplace full time due to the virus https://t.co/HmuA1EoOvb
  • Wales 'more conscious' of devolution due to Covid-19 laws | Law Gazette https://t.co/frrHp842DB
  • The EU wants to persuade its most anti-immigrant member countries to agree to a common policy. But the future of its new plan, like many of its details, remains uncertain https://t.co/d67LSa8Gjg
  • Facebook's Oversight Board is "opening its doors to business" in mid-October. Users will be able to file appeals against posts the firm has removed from its platforms, and the board can overrule decisions made by Facebook's moderators and executives https://t.co/zdgqFYgDeD
  • Clyde & Co announces private prosecutions service https://t.co/mslNpbgNS
  • Pub-goers in Wales 'likely to get 20 minutes to drink up' https://t.co/K3hZza1kab
  • Two policemen have been shot amid protests in the #US over a decision not to charge any officers over the killing of Breonna Taylor. Ms Taylor, 26, a black hospital worker, was shot six times as three officers raided her home on 13 March https://t.co/7S8kKSzEs
  • Matt Hancock has refused to rule out banning students from returning home at Christmas, to limit the spread of coronavirus outbreaks https://t.co/CBfrmsEmX
  • NHS Covid-19 app: England and Wales get smartphone contact tracing for over-16s https://t.co/Xvx4gAxgz4 
  • Parents 'generally bear their own costs' in family proceedings | Law Gazette https://t.co/IVe8OmqpeL
  • The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/2axrBRuc9l
  • Law Commission says hate crime legislation should protect women | Law Gazette https://t.co/cifNMzGlqP
  • Litigators frustrated by ‘hopelessly laborious’ disclosure pilot | Law Gazette https://t.co/ScTHTkeTpw
  • Overseas Operations Bill a ‘gross injustice’ to veterans, say lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/559wECFD4E 
  • Remote family lawyers 'feeling isolated' during lockdown | Law Gazette https://t.co/dmFoMLeHgT 
  • Father to plead guilty to endangering life of baby daughter - he held her upside down over river #Ireland https://t.co/V0VyON7ONB
  • A man deported from the State claims he has been forced to live in an African airport terminal since March after allegedly being abandoned by gardaĆ­ who were supposed to return him to his native country, the High Court has heard #Ireland https://t.co/5CsSbLT1m
  • Decriminalising torture does our soldiers a disservice - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/iEKzeNIGYK
  • SEMLA offers work experience opportunity with NatWest Group in-house legal team - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/rkx3RVc5ag 
  • Lawyers advocating for a right to independent legal representation for sexual offence complainers have published a detailed video on their proposals - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/msJxXh73Ke