The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
MP proposes UK rape shield law to protect victims in court [The Guardian]
Revealed: Disgraced lawyer who hounded Iraq veterans plotted with Holocaust denier to launch legal action before war even started [Mail Online]
Iraq human rights lawyer Phil Shiner should be behind bars, says MP Sir Julian Brazier [Kent Online]
Facebook is a ‘tool for evil’, says judge as mother trolled over fake claims she tried to kill a baby is found dead [The Telegraph]
Predicting the death of the criminal bar within 15 years, over lunch [Legal Hackette’s Brief]
Chinese judge slams Trump as a ‘public enemy of the rule of law’ [Sky News]
Trump’s lawyer gets pounded by judges with questions about ‘Muslim ban’ as he fights for travel restrictions to be put back in place [Mail Online]
Palestinians demand action against Israel over settlements law [The Guardian]
Training contract at specialist London real estate law firm — immediate start [Legal Cheek Hub]
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