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14th December - Law News

Edition 3640: 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: SRA Standards and Regulations - where we are now (Compliance Officer Conference 2021)

Focus of the Day Story: Join 1 Crown Office Row for an evening discussing Pupillage Application Tips and Life at the Bar. Full story - UK Human Rights Blog 

Saturday Conversations on Law

  • 2022: The year of WFH compensation claims? - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/4OIu8b3vX
  • NatWest Bank has been fined £265m after admitting it failed to prevent money-laundering of nearly £400m by one firm https://t.co/XJBDZkjHjh
  • Supreme Court designates 18 AoRs/ advocates as Senior Advocates; 7 retired High Court judges also conferred gown | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/4gBa4KOVoT
  • A number of vehicles including a police van have been caught on camera colliding with bollards on a residential street https://t.co/lcNaEP3c12
  • Kim Kardashian is one step closer to her dream of becoming a lawyer after revealing she has passed a key law exam on her fourth attempt https://t.co/RNXg4pnpR
  • Post Office scandal: Government to foot bill for postmasters' compensation https://t.co/0ImpwKs8WE
  • #DoneWithDunn: Eco-law students launch boycott of US law firm Gibson Dunn for ‘shielding corporate polluters’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/OY9wgAi7us
  • Punjab moves Supreme Court challenging increase in BSF jurisdiction | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/Vy9hgaHh0a
  • Law firms must reassess their cyber-security education experience - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/DwtrPpXI1
  • US national Anne Sacoolas is to face magistrates in the UK charged with causing the death of motorcyclist Harry Dunn by dangerous driving https://t.co/3tqCAjZZ7L
  • City law firms to fund aspiring social welfare lawyers through the SQE - Legal Cheek https://t.co/IeFWsMPCn
  • The Justice Committee has issued a call for evidence on the criminal justice system’s approach to tackling fraud, which accounts for about half of all crimes | NLJ https://t.co/CgRhK71IGU
  • Why young guns are ditching private practice for in-house legal roles - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/Qq98foVcw
  • This pic of the MoJ's Xmas tree hasn't gone down well with criminal lawyers - Legal Cheek https://t.co/xoFdjnNXP
  • The Boutique Lawyer Show: Why directorships make you a better firm leader - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/jsk9omFaH
  • No more lateral flow home test kits available online in England, say officials: Website tells people to ‘try again later’, as vaccine booking service reports ‘extremely high demand’ https://t.co/P0tLFKwfgM
  • Girl, 11, dies in incident linked to pest control chemicals in east London - ‘Role model’ schoolgirl Fatiha Sabrin’s mother in hospital after also inhaling fumes at flats in Shadwell https://t.co/u9aMNzZJ0a
  • HMCTS: Public prefers remote hearings but professionals see declining respect - Legal Futures https://t.co/8WKvZPY4OZ
  • Accused not entitled to have himself subjected to Narco Analysis Test: Kerala High Court | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/jVP4iaGey1
  • Do the courts favour the party with the largest pile of chips? - Legal Futures https://t.co/km0dLGA3L8
  • SPACs: What’s all the fuss about? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/zF3KGgwldX
  • Winners of the 2021 Women in Finance Awards unveiled - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/k2KsBxKm
  • City firms "must weigh cost of losing female talent" in reward strategy - Legal Futures https://t.co/T4oSLEYgD
  • A supposed mass exodus of employees from their current roles will happen in the coming months. #Australia’s legal profession will not be immune from this - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/pHoCq2wDEN
  • Partner and law firm fined for breaching multiple undertakings - Legal Futures https://t.co/qSnnM9JBsO
  • Conveyancing income on the rise at Simplify in pre-attack results - Legal Futures https://t.co/KPWyULZ2f4
  • Networks of breeders are offering to mutilate puppies to follow a social media trend, an investigation has found. Cutting or "cropping" ears involves removing part of the ear flap for cosmetic reasons https://t.co/5OIum2FVMN
  • Ince boosts junior lawyer pay by over a quarter to £90k - Legal Cheek https://t.co/BrZMgnfXAs 
  • LawTech Talks: Tech makes you a better lawyer (while making your life easier) - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/KxCP67Ku6Z
  • Clean energy, decarbonisation and the future - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/TReAGB9IN2
  • SRA drafts in Exeter Uni to probe exam ‘attainment gap’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/UFvRbgzGOl 
  • [ECL Coal Mining case] Delhi High Court stays Kolkata Police notices to ED officers | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/wKe2ZGCUNJ
  • Maddocks partners with prenatal course provider - Lawyers Weekly #Australia https://t.co/FrVtH8kCYg
  • Top QC asks Twitter to make his profile pic more ‘Christmassy’ - hilarity ensues - Legal Cheek https://t.co/j9hERWdiyn
  • "March to Justice: Global Military Law Landmarks" launched worldwide [Watch Video] | Bar & Bench #India https://t.co/yuAPFShWGi
  • As the world around us continues to evolve, digital currency is being hailed as a revolutionary concept, one that is truly symbolic of our digital age - digital assets - Lawyers Weekly https://t.co/RKjLHIgAW3
  • The government is to spend £510m, starting in the new financial year, to tackle record levels of benefit fraud https://t.co/MV92mdQHGN
  • The UK government should rethink its plans to require voters to show photo ID at polling stations, MPs say. The Commons constitutional affairs committee said the move was likely to reduce turnout and make it more difficult to vote https://t.co/juQHFr3QmG