The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Jeremy Corbyn could use a legal loophole to join Privy Council without ever meeting the Queen [The Telegraph]
Government plans to close 91 courts and tribunals “would make crime victims suffer” [The Independent]
David Cameron speech at Tory conference: what he said — and what he meant [The Guardian]
Law Society tells Gove: you must save 59 courts from closure [Law Society Gazette]
QCs billable hour campaign hits £200k [Twitter]
Holy *&^%ing *&^&%ing *&£%!!! You're amazing people! #BillableHour goes BOOM, hits £200k https://t.co/kPqDn6oJLt #IBAVienna @savechildrenuk
— Sean Jones (@seanjonesqc) October 7, 2015
Duchess of York’s ex-adviser launches $50m News Corp legal action [The Guardian]
Judge’s plea to parents as boy, 10, needing urgent cancer surgery vanishes [Halifax Courier]
Why are you doing law? “For the money!” [Humans of Law]
Open day applications for King & Wood Mallesons are open [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I quite like this — it removes the need for writing up another app during the brutal January hustle up to the 31 Jan/July deadline and allows one to focus on their app during the Xmas break before heading to do the rest during the following month.” [Legal Cheek Comments]
