Skip to content

Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 20 November

Avatar photo

By Legal Cheek on

Clarke’s secret courts belong in a repressive regime and undemocratic society warn lawyers [Mail Online]

Sally Bercow in legal hot water AGAIN after she breaches court order by naming schoolgirl in a child abduction case [The Independent]

David Petraeus hires top lawyer as his lover goes home [Evening Standard]

UK Tour Report #10: Professor de Londras – Guantanamo and they key issues in human rights for Europe [Charon QC]

Lawyers boycott court in row over changes to legal aid system [Daily Record]

The largest number of defendants in British legal history? Twitter users braced for barrage of lawsuits from Lord McAlpine [The Independent]

Diminishing judicial review will reverse 50 years of legal progress [The Guardian]

Related Stories

Top barristers and rappers unite to challenge use of rap lyrics in criminal trials

Concerns over conflating 'art with evidence'

Feb 10 2026 9:07am
15

Law graduate rejected for a paralegal role vents frustration on LinkedIn

'While I respect the firm's selection process...'

Jan 3 2025 9:41am
45

Charlotte Proudman’s incredible David v Goliath win

The Legal Cheek team discusses the big legal news stories of last week -- listen now 🎙️

Dec 16 2024 8:31am
2