Morning round-up: Thursday 19 January

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By Legal Cheek Reporter on

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

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Supreme court to deliver Brexit ruling on 24 January [The Guardian]

All crime victims ‘should get court statement opportunity’ [BBC News]

Sir Paul McCartney steps up legal bid to reclaim Beatles song rights [Sky News]

Shock footage shows divorce lawyer hypnotise women into giving him sexual favours [Daily Star]

PM refuses to rule out blocking Scots MPs voting on Brexit law [The Scotsman]

SDT throws out surveillance allegations against News of the World solicitor [Legal Futures]

South Korean court refuses arrest warrant for Samsung boss [The Guardian]

Snowden has legal grounds to become Russian citizen [RT]

Global Commercial Law in 2017: What’s next for the world’s legal capital? [Legal Cheek Hub]

“If there are 7 partners in London, you would have thought they could have at least taken on a couple of trainees.” [Legal Cheek comments]

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