The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Employers’ rights to monitor office emails to be decided by European court [The Guardian]
KWM Europe and how not to run a law firm [Financial Times]
The UK’s top 200 law firms have seen revenues jump 73% since the financial crisis [Business Insider]
My law student daughter was forced into being a drug mule, claims grieving mother [The Telegraph]
Dundee sex offender calls Sheriff ‘specky f***’ before brawling with security when told he was going to prison [The Sun]
Paralegal wins employment tribunal claim for £14,000 bonus from personal injury firm [Legal Futures]
First conviction under new ‘revenge porn’ law in Scotland [BBC News]
Judge says ‘I didn’t know people who were on benefits were into champagne’ [Metro]
BPTC & LPC graduates sought for County Court Advocate roles: Immediate start [Legal Cheek Hub]
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