The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
EU Brexit chief “concerned” over UK “ambiguity” [The Independent]
David Allen Green: A short thread about how maddeningly bureaucratic the EU is being about the Brexit negotiations [Twitter]
Trump’s lawyer emailed Kremlin about real estate project during campaign [The Guardian]
Transgender soldiers take Donald Trump to court to crush his ban on their military service [The Mirror]
Arpaio pardon flouts constitution, ex-White House officials say [The Guardian]
Legal services start-ups target lawyers’ paperwork [Financial Times]
UK companies must publish pay ratios under new law [BBC News]
SNP mock Jeremy Corbyn as he ends a campaign tour with a gaffe over Scotland’s separate legal system [Mail Online]
Kenya just imposed the world’s toughest law against plastic bags [The Independent]
Breaking the law to protect human rights [Open Democracy]
Sunbathing naked in your own garden — here is what the law says about stripping off on your own property [The Sun]
BPTC & LPC graduates sought for County Court Advocate roles: September start [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I don’t think the Magic Circle firms use this set but if they do, they should boycott them” [Legal Cheek Comments]
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