The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
100 judges and magistrates received death threats over cases in past five years [The Guardian]
Now our troops face being hounded in court by the Taliban: Iraq witch-hunt lawyers set sights on Afghan claims [Mail Online]
Thin sue line: Troop-targeting law firm is now hounding the police [The Sun]
Cherie Blair QC has launched a legal battle against the Government’s flagship policy to increase taxes on buy-to-let investments, claiming it breaches landlords’ human rights [The Telegraph]
Police lawyer being probed over affair with force chief now accused of giving £67,000 of work to estranged husband’s legal firm [Mail Online]
David Cameron calls on David Lammy to investigate race bias in UK courts [The Guardian]
Lawyer who told a wanted drugs crook how to flee the country could be booted out of profession [The Mirror]
Lord Haw Haw was victim of a miscarriage of justice and should not have been hanged says top human rights lawyer [Mail Online]
How Michael Gove won the cabinet row about the Saudi prison contract [Jack of Kent]
Struck off lawyer part of newly-launched legal firm — headed by his wife [Liverpool Echo]
Watch out Tony! Cherie’s quietly getting filthy rich too [Mail Online]
Applications are open for Devereux Chambers’ mini-pupillage [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Students of this age should be well aware of how quickly things like this can get real over the internet.” [Legal Cheek Comments]