Morning round-up: Thursday 8 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Ministers’ Brexit argument ‘violates constitutional law’ [BBC News] Brexit legal challenge: Scotland and Northern Ireland must consent to Article 50,...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Friday 9 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Exclusive: Solicitor suing Oxford Uni over 2:1 trained at Clifford Chance [Legal Cheek] Iraq human rights lawyer Phil Shiner faces being struck off after...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Monday 12 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Theresa May faces new Brexit legal challenge in High Court in London [The Telegraph] New Article 50 court challenge to go before Irish High Court after...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Tuesday 13 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Brexit will undermine London’s legal standing, barristers warn [The Guardian] European citizens living in UK should remain under jurisdiction of EU law...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Wednesday 14 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Exclusive: City law firm partner resigns amid Christmas party grope claims [Legal Cheek] Rupert Myers: This plan to block Brexit using European law is...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Thursday 15 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Former army officer to launch legal action over MoD ‘witch-hunt’ [The Guardian] ‘We don’t know’ if EU exit can be aborted, says Davis [Financial Times]...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Friday 16 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Legal first’ as Rolf Harris is spared having to attend sex attack trial because of his age and health [The Telegraph] Report tells UK law firms to display...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Monday 19 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Thousands left homeless by shortage of legal aid lawyers, say charities [The Guardian] Jolyon Maugham QC’s immigration fact check [Twitter] British values...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Tuesday 20 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Legal sector ‘at risk’ without Brexit guarantees [BBC News] Uncollected court fines and surcharges now total £747m, says MoJ [The Guardian] Katie Hopkins...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Wednesday 21 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Farage threatened with legal action after speaking about Tweet from Jo Cox’s husband [Sky News] Magistrate slams identity fraud committed by 20-year-old law...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Thursday 22 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories School holidays row: supreme court grants council right to appeal [The Guardian] Ministers should leave the press ‘well alone’, former Supreme Court judge...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Friday 23 December
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Top barrister killed as fire rips through Thames-side apartment in Bermondsey [Evening Standard] Katie Price threatens legal action against hotel that...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Tuesday 3 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Lawyers raked in £32.2bn in just one year: Figure goes up by a quarter in just five years [Mail Online] Barrister slams Mail’s “raking it in claims” [A view...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Wednesday 4 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories UK’s ambassador to the EU Sir Ivan Rogers resigns [BBC News] In full: Sir Ivan Rogers’ resignation email to staff [The Times] The meaning of Brexit [Jack of...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Thursday 5 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Clifford Chance’s profits jump by nearly a quarter as firm prepares to drastically cut training contract numbers [Legal Cheek] Truss orders review to ban...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Friday 6 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Peers will not sabotage Brexit, Lord Speaker tells Theresa May ahead of Supreme Court ruling [The Telegraph] Forensic science cuts pose risk to justice,...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Monday 9 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories British murder suspect’s appeal against extradition to US goes to European court [The Guardian] High Court judge accused of dodgy legal ruling still being...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Tuesday 10 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Campaigners launch legal challenge to ‘snoopers’ charter’ [BBC News] Government ‘determined’ to stop domestic abusers cross examining their victims in court...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Wednesday 11 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Jeremy Corbyn calls for maximum wage law [The Guardian] Child sex abuse inquiry appoints leading barrister Brian Altman QC as its new top lawyer [Mail...
View ArticleMorning round-up: Thursday 12 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories Supreme Court confirms it will not be handing out advance copies of the Article 50 judgment [City A.M.] Defendant slits own throat during court hearing in...
View Article