The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Workers have few rights in the “gig economy”. Only Labour will change this [The Guardian]
The chilling law that is silencing the Tories’ opponents [The Mirror]
Here’s what we learned from Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn’s “Battle For Number 10” show [BuzzFeed]
Manchester attack: Home Secretary forced to defend using new anti-terror power just once [The Independent]
Unlikely White House counsel at the centre of Trump drama [Financial Times]
Tories pledge new law over domestic violence directed at children [The Guardian]
Lord Janner sex abuse case “collapses” as six more claimants abandon legal action [The Telegraph]
Judge fumes at multi-millionaire dad who owns six properties but pays a measly £7-a-WEEK in child support [The Sun]
A state school educated barrister is the first criminal lawyer in Liverpool to be appointed Queen’s Counsel in seven years [Liverpool Echo]
Defamation cases slump to nine-year low [Law Society Gazette]
“Yah, the trouble is that “hard work” is not where it is at with law firms.” [Legal Cheek Comments]
Apply to attend: The Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling General Election debate [Legal Cheek Hub]