The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Man in Dubai court over ‘hip touch’ [BBC News]
City of London ‘cyber court’ to tackle online fraud in financial sector [The Telegraph]
Calls for Theresa May to reveal ‘legal advice’ she received on stopping Brexit [The Independent]
Gender-neutral activist takes UK passports case to High Court [The Guardian]
Catalonia will apply referendum law calling for independence declaration, says leader [Reuters]
Top police officer backs ‘Sammy’s law’ pardons for grooming victims [The Guardian]
Lisa Bloom, lawyer advising Harvey Weinstein, resigns amid criticism from board members [New York Times]
Mass brawl erupts outside court with one well-dressed man brandishing walking stick [The Sun]
Top divorce lawyer Sandra Davis on break-ups and pre-nups [Financial Times]
If tech firms push the law to the limit, is that such a bad thing? [The Guardian]
Event: infrastructure: the next growth area for lawyers — with Burges Salmon in Bristol on Thursday [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Man who is responsible for incredibly bad law that allows this mess then pretends his bad law will actually solve it?” [Legal Cheek Comments]