17th May - Law News

Edition 4158: 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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 Focus of the Day Law News/Article: The government should run “awareness programmes” to educate the public about the benefits of legal expenses insurance (LEI), the Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO) has argued. Full story - Legal Futures

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Poland has a deep and historic relationship with coal, importing huge amounts despite producing yet more locally. With the energy crisis biting, fuelled by the war in Ukraine, the country’s government withdrew restrictions on burning materials and subsidised coal, creating huge air quality issues, particularly in the industrial south – reversing 10 years of hard work by air pollution campaigners in the process.

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• French Resistance man breaks silence over German prisoners executed in 1944 https://shorturl.at/cehsF
  
• ILEX civil war: legal executives asked if they wish to switch | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/hmzS8
  
• Price transparency and comparison shopping "unlikely to inform decisions" - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/dnvyW
  
• Lawyer in the news: ​Edie Bowles, Advocates for Animals - Profile | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/n93jzrtk
• Former opponent buys rights to checkmylegalfees website | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/iqrY2
  
• Experts are calling for "do not resuscitate" orders to be scrapped, saying they are being misused and putting people's lives at risk https://shorturl.at/fJMS4
  
• Rebekah Vardy says she was abused during Jehovah's Witness childhood https://shorturl.at/ahvOW
  
• CILEx Regulation urges reform, not replacement by SRA - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/buHNO
  
• Fraudsters who supplied falsified passports to some of the UK's most wanted criminals have been jailed. Anthony Beard obtained real passports in other people's names then added the photographs of criminals https://shorturl.at/asGP7
• Mental Health Awareness Week: Profession needs a culture change | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/lnu34