The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Katie Hopkins’ attempt to shame barrister on Twitter for having an Etonian father backfires [Independent]
UK police broke law in case of British backpackers murdered in Thailand [The Guardian]
Grammar school faces legal challenge on A-level places [BBC News]
Law firms put legal departments under scrutiny [Global Legal Post]
The fun’s over! Tiffany Trump hits the books on her first day at Georgetown Law after a summer of European travels and Hamptons hangouts [Mail Online]
Man gets retrial over sleeping lawyer [news24]
Law School Posts Job Listing Seeking ‘Wives’ Of Students [Above The Law]
BPTC & LPC graduates sought for County Court Advocate roles: September start [Legal Cheek Hub]
“My most used law book was a 1970s law French et law Latin dictionary. This allowed me and the elderly judges (High Court and above) to have conversations that excluded the baby barristers and their silly solicitors.” [Legal Cheek comments]
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