The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Keith Vaz set to join the Justice select committee despite stepping down as Home Affairs chair [The Telegraph]
Addleshaw Goddard thaws post-Brexit pay freeze [Legal Cheek]
Government backs new law to prevent people becoming homeless [The Independent]
Eversheds faces £100m Northern Rock negligence claim [Law Gazette]
Culture minister warns of libel law threat to our ‘free and vibrant’ press [Mail Online]
Human rights and rape [Spinning Hugo]
Police say Scottish fox hunting law ‘unworkable’ [BBC News]
Eggheads star CJ de Mooi will not be extradited, court rules [The Guardian]
Biglaw gets in on the funnies this Halloween [Above The Law]
Free Event — Commercial Awareness Question Time: US Election Special [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Main reason? Partners and associates prefer to write down the time and therefore fees of the junior lawyers but have less of a slash-and-burn approach on their own billing.” [Legal Cheek comments]