The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Campaigners launch fresh Brexit legal challenge over single market [The Guardian]
Cases against British troops in Iraq to be reviewed after solicitor Phil Shiner struck off for dishonesty [ITV News]
Comment: Shiner is a stain on the legal establishment [Mail Online]
Who is John Smyth QC? Barrister who led Iwerne Trust accused of physically abusing boys from Winchester College in Christian group [The Sun]
Police probe claims Ukip leader Paul Nuttall broke electoral law by giving WRONG address for Stoke by-election [Mail Online]
Japanese court rules against paedophile in ‘right to be forgotten’ online case [The Guardian]
New Arkansas law lets men block wives’ abortions [Huffington Post]
Judge dismisses Melania Trump’s lawsuit against Daily Mail [ABC News]
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