The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Lord Chancellor David Lidington defends appointment of ex-judge as Grenfell inquiry chair [The Guardian]
The Justice4Grenfell agitators: campaign group tries to push Tower enquiry judge to resign [The Telegraph]
Joshua Rozenberg QC: Top judge warns government it risks fragmenting society and says its record on updating statute book is lamentable [Facebook]
Never mind the City’s financial sector — Lord Mayor says the UK’s legal industry will carry the country through Brexit [City A.M.]
Iraq war: judge to review Tony Blair prosecution ban [The Guardian]
Grenfell: In defence of judges [The Justice Gap]
Lord of the Rings legal battle between Tolkien estate and Warner Bros. ends [Independent]
Dominatrix whose puppy ‘slaves’ include judges and solicitors appears on First Dates [The Sun]
Birmingham student event: Lawyers and the fourth industrial revolution — with Pinsent Masons [Legal Cheek Hub]
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