The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
The internet activity of everyone in Britain will have to be stored for a year by service providers, under new surveillance law plans [BBC News]
James Bond-style hacking of smartphones get new legal footing under Theresa May’s investigatory powers bill [Huffington Post]
Joshua Rozenberg: These internet surveillance powers risk undermining the judiciary [The Guardian]
Revealed: letters Tom Watson exchanged with DPPs Alison Saunders and Sir Keir Starmer [The Telegraph]
Father-son couple seek legal right to marry each other [The Independent]
“Avoid publicly funded work at all costs,” urges criminal law QC [Twitter]
@legalcheek If you want to be a barrister for heaven's sake make sure you practice in Corporate Law. Avoid publicly funded work at all costs
— Michael Auty QC (@MichaelAutyQC) November 4, 2015
Top lawyer from Angell Town estate inspires youths with message of how he built his career [Evening Standard]
Moldovan judge is nicknamed “the sexiest magistrate in the world” after posting controversial photos on Facebook [Mail Online]
HMRC wins Rangers tax case appeal [BBC News]
The Pistorius appeal has helped restore South Africa’s faith in the law [The Guardian]
Applications are open for the Easter work experience scheme at Slaughter and May [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Sumption in the online hand-down this morning pointed out that Barry could have avoided the charge by wearing a watch…” [Legal Cheek Comments]