Morning round-up: Tuesday 22 August

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The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Brexit: UK seeks ‘close co-operation’ on legal disputes deal [BBC News]

Female barristers win right to use all-male locker room at London court [Evening Standard]

Lukas Podolski considering legal action over Breitbart ‘migrant gang’ photo [The Guardian]

Fake lawyer Michael Cremin’s £92,000 fraud of dying woman [BBC News]

Family law solicitor “fabricated and backdated” letters to cover up her lack of progress on cases [Legal Futures]

A top law firm has just revealed the damning truth about the Tory-made crisis in our military [The Canary]

Prosecutors tried to delay a trial because of the eclipse — a judge cited Star Trek in his ruling [Washington Post]

BPTC & LPC graduates sought for County Court Advocate roles: Immediate start [Legal Cheek Hub]

What a load of waffle that actually changes very little. As stated by one of the commentators, maybe the CPS should get their current caseload in order before seeking to further burden itself. [Legal Cheek comments]

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