The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Woman driver appears in court accused of killing cyclist in first ever crowdfunded private prosecution organised by charity Cycling UK [The Sun]
Zero chance EU citizens in UK will keep same rights post-Brexit, says expert [The Guardian]
Failed 21/7 London bombers lose court claim [BBC News]
Britain cannot automatically deport Abu Hamza’s daughter-in-law despite her criminality, ECJ judgment says [The Telegraph]
Top divorce lawyer ducks jail over tax fraud scam that saw her pocket £38,000 [The Sun]
Barrister Shami Chakrabarti has been introduced as a Labour peer in the House of Lords [Guido Fawkes blog]
Revenue soars at PWC Legal [Global Legal Post]
Belfast barrister Shona Killen dies on holiday in Spain [Sky News]
Queen Mary law and politics student who lost her fingers and legs to blood poisoning… but defied the odds to live [Evening Standard]
Event: Presentation by Shearman & Sterling at Glasgow University [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Being a solicitor is boring, do a cool job instead, like fisherman or drug smuggler. Source: I am a bored trainee solicitor who wants to be a fisherman or drug smuggler.” [Legal Cheek comments]