The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
The feminists who are turning British justice against men, says barrister [Mail Online]
Judge challenges Islamist extremists who live on benefits while claiming to ‘despise’ the West, as he sentences Anjem Choudary [The Telegraph]
Keith Vaz’s diabetes charity Silver Star retains Carter Ruck [Guido Fawkes blog]
Secret aid worker: some human rights lawyers are in it for vanity, not victims [The Guardian]
‘A couple of Sambuca shorts’ [Twitter]
Typo in evidence causes witness to be cross-examined over how many 'shorts' he had on night out. Judge steps in to explain what a shot is.
— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) September 6, 2016
Solicitor and his wife ‘ripped off’ retired vicar to fund high-spending lifestyle, court hears [The Telegraph]
15-year extended sentence for man who carried out ‘sadistic attack’ [UK Criminal Law Blog]
Barristers must switch off from hi-tech world to relax, says Bar Council head [Mail Online]
Why has Keith Vaz’s lawyer been talking about ‘scuttlebutt’? [Metro]
Brexit and the future: how global law firms deal with political uncertainty – with Norton Rose Fulbright [Legal Cheek Hub]
“First Choudary, then Vaz and now Blacker — 3 downfalls of solicitors in the space of 2 hours..” [Legal Cheek comments]
