Morning round-up: Thursday 20 July

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By Legal Cheek Reporter on

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

No-deal Brexit would spawn ‘legal morass and economic disaster’ [The Guardian]

Here’s how legal experts say the Grenfell Inquiry can avoid becoming a whitewash [BuzzFeed News]

Brexit court cases cost taxpayers £1.2m in legal fees, new document reveals [Independent]

BBC faces threat of legal action from female stars in gender pay gap storm [Evening Standard]

Prisons: government wins high court bid to ban industrial action [The Guardian]

Vexatious ex-solicitor’s “hyperbole” leaves High Court judge speechless [Legal Futures]

‘Acted recklessly’: White & Case fined record sum by SDT for conflict of interest breach [Legal Business]

Russian lawyer at centre of Donald Trump Jr scandal says she is ready to testify in front of US Senate [The Telegraph]

Trump travel ban: Supreme Court rejects block on relatives [BBC News]

A Florida judge quoted ‘Game Of Thrones’ in his latest ruling on free speech [Business Insider]

Bristol law student, 19, took his own life — the sixth in one year [Devon Live]

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