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.
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- 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 gardaí 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
