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29th September - Law News

Edition 3564: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011  

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 Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Anti-money laundering – guidance for trust and company service providers. Hear in more detail which activities fall in scope of this category and work, and what a law firm needs to do if so. The SRA speaks about what areas of trust and company services are a high risk of being targeted by criminals, and how you can mitigate this risk.  

Focus of the Day Story:  Nearly one in three barristers have personal experience of bullying, harassment and/or discrimination (BHD) in the past two years, Bar Council research has revealed. Judges were frequently cited as the source of bullying, which will intensify recent focus on poor judicial conduct. Full story - Legal Futures
 
Saturday Conversations on Law
  • How Strasbourg protects lawyers’ rights | Law Gazette https://t.co/sB2sEdViab
  • Home Office planned speedy removal of Vietnamese trafficking victims https://t.co/0DegaksIYV
  • Petrol crisis fuels concern about lawyers getting to court | Law Gazette https://t.co/whlac8zLHb
  • #SanMarino to legalise abortion after referendum result - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/zsr2Av1Pow
  • A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with the murder of Sabina Nessa, who was killed as she walked to meet a friend in south-east London https://t.co/hqJmkw12fr
  • What did your parents do? | Law Gazette https://t.co/bXy9JyD8p9
  • Comyn Kelleher Tobin appoints Karen Tobin as family law partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/eYyrfCvNex
  • The High Court has rebuked an expert witness who had ‘no persuasive answer to a number of key questions’, in an unsuccessful claim against a high-profile fashion stylist | Law Gazette https://t.co/N8MFhSLWF
  • Female #Afghan judges hunted by the murderers they convicted https://t.co/tbcpHwNm60
  • CMA cracks down on competition law breaches - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Oxm6RbRHeR 
  • Poverty Trap Vs Bad Governance: A Theological Response to Problem of Poverty in Africa | Wole Adegbile https://t.co/wAqItTp8vP
  • Millions deprived of lawyer as vast legal aid deserts revealed | Law Gazette https://t.co/RVBwaPm6CX
  • Leaving cryptocurrency in your will - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/K98L0jZasO 
  • 'Largely overlooked': Law Society posts guidance about disabled staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/LBU2ovVSUT
  • Defence lawyers boycott custody court to force government’s hand - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/C34gIU84Tn
  • Research: "Billions could be saved" by funding more legal advice - Legal Futures https://t.co/X3WeSyvwpr
  • Poorer junior lawyers being forced to choose City, says top Labour lawyer | Law Gazette https://t.co/soG0ExZAUt
  • Labour MPs attack cost of qualifying as a lawyer - Legal Futures https://t.co/uksk9KIfvC 
  • ICC asked to relaunch inquiry into Taliban and IS ‘war crimes’ https://t.co/suxkZj6o55 
  • Giving evidence “not a game”, judge tells expert witness - Legal Futures https://t.co/Gpc3H8Ky4n
  • My legal life: Ben Brown, Attorney General’s Chambers. Crown prosecutor on St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - Profile | Law Gazette https://t.co/eZEeQj0dTH
  • Family ‘in tears’ after Cornwall hotel booking swapped for Uxbridge: Booking through online travel agents can have pitfalls – such as arriving for a luxury holiday only to find it doesn’t exist https://t.co/VWUhLMFv5K
  • Government to take over Southeastern after ‘serious’ breach of franchise: Department for Transport finds rail operator did not declare more than £25m of historical taxpayer funding https://t.co/j78YdJQqm7
  • Major report: Law's culture has to change to tackle wellbeing crisis - Legal Futures https://t.co/JyDcBsgSGU
  • Working from home boosts career progress, say half of women https://t.co/UrCiGlEjA9
  • For a Broader Understanding of Corruption as a Cultural Fact, and its Influences in Society | Fernando M Forattini https://t.co/684L8JiadU
  • Outer House judge refuses petition for recognition of Singaporean moratoria on insolvent offshore companies - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/ucyUCYK4pQ
  • Clinical negligence reforms imminent as Hunt lambasts ‘obscene’ costs | Law Gazette https://t.co/RsIwfd1TGp 
  • IP lawyer Brian McElligott joins AI firm Altada as chief intellectual property counsel | Irish Legal News https://t.co/DYkBo5illQ
  • Arbroath construction director banned for negligent accounting records - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/OxOkj1Nlv6
  • Best of the blogs - 25 September 2021 | Law Gazette https://t.co/GCcWgoHTzY 
  • Spice Girl among stars to begin phone-hacking claims against Murdoch empire https://t.co/foQbjBYHGq
  • High Court witness actions to be listed for physical hearings by default | Irish Legal News https://t.co/v0pz4VejEZ 
  • Levelling up agenda should include legal aid, says Lammy | Law Gazette https://t.co/JZ6iSpCsrD 
  • Holyrood committee to discuss short-term let licensing proposals - Scottish Legal News https://t.co/B0VQj9CHpy