The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Ministers’ Brexit argument ‘violates constitutional law’ [BBC News]
Brexit legal challenge: Scotland and Northern Ireland must consent to Article 50, Supreme Court told [Independent]
Iain Duncan Smith’s Supreme Court Brexit Daily Mail column is eviscerated in 17 tweets by The Secret Barrister [Huffington Post]
China stole data from major US law firms [Fortune]
The Supreme Court meal deal is £7! [Twitter]
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Linklaters LLP accounts show top team shared nearly £20m in profit last year [Legal Week]
UN experts urge China to investigate case of missing rights lawyer [Mail Online]
Judge ignores 60,000 arrest warrants to avoid locking up the poor and homeless [The Independent]
Michael Barrymore compensation claim to go to High Court [BBC News]
Tiffany Trump eyeing Harvard Law School yesterday — it’s the Legally Blonde sequel we deserve! [Above The Law]
Spring and summer vacation schemes at Burges Salmon [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I really feel sorry for all the trainees when qualification comes around… There’ll literally be no places available!” [Legal Cheek comments]
