Morning round-up: Thursday 13 July

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By Legal Cheek Reporter on

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Legal age to write will should be lowered to 16, says Law Commission [The Guardian]

Charlie Gard’s parents prepare for fresh legal battle [ITV News]

Gay man wins Supreme Court battle to secure his husband the same pension rights of a wife [The Sun]

Where Britain should yield on the European Court, and where resist [The Telegraph]

Did Donald Trump Jr break the law? [BBC News]

The robot lawyer that overturned 160,000 parking tickets can now help you in 1,000 legal areas for free [Mail Online]

Google Search can find anything … except the law [Medium]

Meet the women fighting gender bias in law [The Guardian]

Suits her! Prince Harry’s girlfriend Meghan Markle returns to season seven of popular legal show…and gets big promotion [Mail Online]

Texas judge is suspended amid allegations she used drugs, sexted a bailiff and hired prostitutes [ABA Journal]

“Not saying I cant see the humor in the joke, but its quite douche-like to make puns about poverty when you’re earning 78k.” [Legal Cheek Comments]

Volunteer Vacancies for law students and graduates at charity Big Voice London [Legal Cheek Hub]