The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
The Snooper’s Charter passed into law this week — say goodbye to your privacy [The Independent]
Victorian abortion law “breaches human rights” [The Observer]
Supreme Court’s most senior judge urged to stand down from Article 50 legal hearing over wife’s anti-Brexit Twitter posts [The Telegraph]
Senior Tories tell Prime Minister Theresa May to drop Brexit Article 50 appeal in Supreme Court [Standard]
Truss and judges: power and responsibility [Law Society Gazette]
Summit to be held over Brexit effect on Scottish justice system [BBC News]
John McCain: If Trump tries to bring back waterboarding, he’ll be in court in a “New York minute” [Business Insider]
Will Brexit block EU students from UK law schools? [Financial Times]
Automated law—the mindset of the legal profession [Future of Law Blog]
Turkey: Thousands protest against proposed child sex law [BBC News]
Training contracts on offer at top UK medical negligence law firm [Legal Cheek Hub]
“These issues are always portrayed as bans when, as a matter of absolute fact, they are not. My uni boycotted Nestle (as, I believe, many do). Constantly, I would hear about the Kit Kat ban. It’s simply lazy, sensationalist reporting.” [Legal Cheek Comments]