The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
The obstacles to Cameron’s EU demands are political, not legal [The Guardian]
Lord Woolf warns of “dangers” and “expense” of scrapping Human Rights Act [The Telegraph]
Collapse of Olympus fraud case fuels calls for UK law reforms [The Independent]
Chris Cairns’ lawyer denies asking Lou Vincent to lie for him in court… during grilling over Skype call in spot fixing case [Mail Online]
Frankie Boyle: The snooper’s charter: one misspelled Google search for ‘bong-making’ and you’ll be in an orange jumpsuit [The Guardian]
Crown Court wifi frustrations [Twitter]
Just to confirm, the Crown Court wi-fi won't let you onto the site that tells you who's on I'm A Celebrity this year.
Use 4G.
#ImACeleb
— Shit Barrister (@shitbarrister) November 10, 2015
North Korea criticises Australia’s human rights record [The Independent]
A lesbian lawyer travelling on a flight with her family claimed she was “humiliated” after they were asked to move seats and sit apart so a married couple could sit together [Mail Online]
Karim Benzema’s lawyer “outraged” by alleged leaked call in blackmail case [ESPN FC]
Canadian judge reviewed after asking sex assault complainant, ‘Why couldn’t you just keep your knees together?’ [National Post]
Applications now being accepted for Keating Chambers’ mini-pupillage scheme [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I really wish the ‘9 signs Lord Kerr is dissenting’ was a real article” [Legal Cheek Comments]