2264th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a
UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers,
Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights &
Social Justice issues.
Today's Video Focus: Australia's Federal Government is taking action over defective Takata airbags, ordering one of Australia's biggest ever recall. Four million cars are now part of a compulsory replacement scheme because the Government was unhappy with the industry's response.
Focus of the Day story: More than one in ten law firms assessed for compliance with government money laundering obligations brought in last year have been referred for disciplinary action, a proportion which if extrapolated to the wider profession would amount to over 1,200 firms.
So concerned was the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) about the profession’s anti-money laundering (AML) performance that last week it issued a public warning notice, after scrutiny of 50 firms led to six being earmarked for the disciplinary process. Full story - Legal Futures
 |
| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Accountants to challenge government decision on rights to handle legal work... https://t.co/CoM0p3sOVt
- Simpson Millar rebuked and fined for role in £4.5m SDLT avoidance schemes... https://t.co/n9HbQM36uf
- Information Commissioner upholds MoJ refusal to disclose Leigh Day emails... https://t.co/Z7VhvyPtny
- Ruth Davidson backs legal action against Scottish Brexit bill... https://t.co/69s4vQPWjk
- Automation of courts to ensure quick justice #Saudi Arabia... https://t.co/tJqhVk2mPM
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/XA4TUWFcD8
- Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was racially harassed at #German airport https://t.co/2LKKU2xzY8
- Modalities for anti-graft courts set #Zimbabwe https://t.co/0f9QpzuwF8 https://t.co/caSraaJNlN
- Counselling, training among remedial measures proposed for errant lawyers #Singapore... https://t.co/4H2e6fqHQW
- 'A lawyer owes a duty to be fair to his client and also to the court' #India... https://t.co/FhPjHq986T
- #France to set legal age of sexual consent as 15 https://t.co/hiiWlVrRZO
- Twickenham woman killed as family found dead on beach https://t.co/YJWq5selOv
- Lorry driver Ryszard Masierak guilty over fatal M1 crash https://t.co/Tvq0Qt51zz
- Russian spy: Boris Johnson warns Kremlin over Salisbury incident https://t.co/2ldpr5cjiZ
- Rs 80-crore dispute: Dera Sacha Sauda chief's lawyer, aides booked #India... https://t.co/uAYAteXpgT
- By demeaning refugees, Tories have caused the Yarl’s Wood hunger strike https://t.co/183PjDFNV2
- Simpson Millar fined for part in £4.5m stamp duty avoidance | Law Gazette https://t.co/7lrfGo5I80
- Society urges caution on disclosure reform | Law Gazette https://t.co/dzm5jDf6R8
- Government defends immigration exemption to data law | Law Gazette https://t.co/5OOROfWu9I
- Accountants fight MoJ curb on legal work | Law Gazette https://t.co/VbWfCVuz2h
- Jackson reveals his one regret on eve of retirement | Law Gazette https://t.co/7SVeyRVGta
- 'From the conventional to the cunning': Gauke takes on criminal gangs in prisons | Law Gazette https://t.co/mUbvZ0MQ15
- My Client Is Dying In Prison But Nobody Cares, Says Lawyer #Iran... https://t.co/aQKoaV8GXv
- Somerset disbarred lawyer John Silvia and son file documents related to $300K court judgment #US... https://t.co/0YXnKIi13T
- Law Society fears Dreamvar loss could drive out smaller firms... https://t.co/4qjCGD2Gcy
- Quicker conveyancing pledged as Land Registry puts council searches online... https://t.co/gyRX7LCASZ
- The latest TheLawMap Wig! https://t.co/QHsZNV6KRC
- IAAF head Coe accused of misleading UK parliamentary inquiry... https://t.co/xRKAAX6HDT
- UK Law Firms Told To Beef Up Money Laundering Defenses... https://t.co/h3RiJSPxJG
- Prime minister: UK to seek 'associate membership' of Echa... https://t.co/2XfVVguzkf
- Care homes in danger of 'breaking law' over contracts... https://t.co/K7PcdIbAV
- Is UK Anti-Extremism Strategy Going Towards The Russian Approach?... https://t.co/WgbRD3Roma
- 'I was fortunate in lovers': Geoffrey Robertson's new memoir... https://t.co/vfSix1ERCR
- In pictures: the Manchester Legal Awards 2018... https://t.co/ccqDkgaReA
- Son of murder victim sentence for robbing clothes shop #Ireland... https://t.co/pfsPNbuVM3
- Cardinal George Pell: committal hearing begins into sexual offence charges #Australia... https://t.co/Fzpyk9n0Tz
- #Polish group sues Argentine paper under new Holocaust law... https://t.co/d2V7VhVMzy
