Edition 3691: 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: Resources companies have been urged to fix the sexual harrassment, bullying and racism revealed in a damning report commissioned by Rio Tinto.
Women's and Indigenous groups have condemned the culture at the mining giant, calling for better reporting and accountability as well as more support for victims.
Focus of the Day Article: Only 2% of lawyers working in law firms are black, according to diversity data published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority that appears to show minimal diversity progress in relation to ethnicity. The figures are based on information submitted to the SRA last summer from more than 8,700 firms employing more than 180,000 people. Firms are required to collect, report and publish data about the diversity make-up of their workforce every two years. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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- Case
of Rastafarian woman left naked in a police cell shows officers need
greater understanding of minority groups. Yvonne Farrell said she was
"humiliated" after sitting naked in a cell for three hours following her
arrest by Hertfordshire Police https://t.co/OGdNKCp1kw
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