The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Lawyer turned East End head gets 95% of pupils to university [Evening Standard]
I went to Oxford. As a black female student, I found it alienating and elitist [The Guardian]
Grenfell lawyer invites Julia Hartley-Brewer to meet survivors: ‘It’ll change your mind’ [talkRadio]
Ingrams Solicitors shut down to ‘protect interests of clients’ after senior partner struck off [Hull Daily Mail]
Ban for legal assistant who stole from vulnerable clients [Law Society Gazette]
Theresa May’s government has been caught twisting the law to sue a cash-strapped fire service for £10m [The Canary]
Thai law student jailed for posting BBC article critical of king on Facebook [Independent]
BPTC & LPC graduates sought for County Court Advocate roles: Immediate start [Legal Cheek Hub]
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