The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Longer sentences proposed for negligently ignoring risk of death [The Guardian]
Child abuse inquiry staff raised concerns about Ben Emmerson QC [BBC News]
Drones law must be reviewed, vows Solicitor General, after Gatwick runway closed over safety fears [The Telegraph]
Defence barrister blames Brexit vote as thug is jailed for 15 months over race attack on Muslim woman [Mail Online]
Former GMTV political editor joins Burgon in shadow justice team [Law Society Gazette]
Cravath signs deal with Slaughters-backed artificial intelligence company [Legal Week]
Leading corporate crime lawyer leaves Justice Department over opposition to Donald Trump [Independent]
‘My client was as p***ed as a parrot’: Lawyer arrested in drunken Thai restaurant fracas denies assaulting police as they fight to bar him from 225 of Sydney’s pubs and clubs [Mail Online]
Birmingham student event: Lawyers and the fourth industrial revolution — with Pinsent Masons [Legal Cheek Hub]
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