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
  

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