18th May - Law News

Edition 4159: 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:  A leading KC today won a public apology from The Times newspaper over a report on the controversy that followed her decision to appear for the government of the Cayman Islands in a case concerning same-sex marriage legislation. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: Global temperatures are set to break records in the next five years, with a 98 per cent chance one will be the warmest ever recorded, according to a new report from the UN's meteorological agency.  The report, released by the World Meteorological Organization, said there will be a 66 per cent likelihood that between 2023 and 2027 the annual average near-surface global temperature will be more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for at least one year.

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

• Cost of living: What are your rights as a tenant when you're renting? https://shorturl.at/cBDH1
  
• City firm was in "intractable conflict of interest" with client - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/joFU6
  
• Mental health lawyers are willing to strike over pay | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/nX389
  
• #Albanian authorities have confirmed that most of its citizens forcibly sent back home from the UK this year were convicted of crimes there https://shorturl.at/fEJQW
• Government “awareness programmes” needed to boost LEI - Legal Futures https://shorturl.at/nCTY9
  
• City firm to pay client left in the dark about £5m costs bill | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/cG058
  
• A commuter said she was stunned after returning to her vehicle to discover a car park full of vehicles had been ticketed following a council mistake. The vehicles were parked at the Duke Street car park in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire https://shorturl.at/fmuL1
  
• Police get 200 tip-offs for 22 unidentified murdered women https://shorturl.at/pDW68
  
• Police banned from 'fishing expeditions' in rape cases | Law Gazette https://shorturl.at/HRX37
• Prince Harry, Meghan and her mother were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" involving paparazzi, a spokesperson for the prince has said. The incident happened after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended an awards ceremony in New York on Tuesday https://shorturl.at/fxLM0