The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Britain triggers Article 50: the choreography of the big day [Financial Times]
Royal Marine Alexander Blackman to be free in weeks after new sentence [BBC News]
‘Hillsborough law’ could imprison police officers who are not truthful [The Guardian]
Tesco just bought its way out of a legal case. Clearly the economic elite play by a different set of rules than the rest of us [Independent]
Judge comes under fire for lecturing schoolgirls on court visit about ‘decent poses’ in photos [Gloucestershire Live]
A lawyer has delivered some rather bad news to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg [The Canary]
Knightsbridge restaurant Zuma wins legal fight with dog food firm over its name [Evening Standard]
Cricketer spared jail may face claims he perverted course of justice [The Guardian]
Does a judge really need reminding that domestic abuse can be a middle-class problem too? [The Telegraph]
SDT refuses Leigh Day access to Shiner’s medical records [Law Gazette]
Trump’s attorneys say he should be ‘immune’ from defamation case involving Apprentice contestant who accused him of groping because of his ‘presidential duties’ [Mail Online]
Tycoon who banned ‘coloured’ tenants over curry smells could face legal action [Dunfermline Press]
The deadline for ICLR Pupillage Award 2017 is Friday [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Medical students must also need to buy food and pay rent. Perhaps we could have them performing for small fees too.” [Legal Cheek comments]
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