The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Legal aid cuts trigger 99.5% collapse in numbers receiving state help in benefits cases [Independent]
Cutting legal aid to families has had the entirely opposite effect to the one the government intended [BuzzFeed News]
The UK government is spending hundreds of millions of pounds on bureaucrats and lawyers to cope with Brexit [Business Insider]
MPs must vote on Brexit to make it legal, May concedes: Remainers could unpick deal [Express]
Husband of ex-Linklaters associate admits using confidential info from M&A deal his wife was working on to make £75,000 stock market profit [Legal Cheek]
Being an out gay lawyer hasn’t been easy — but the profession is changing [Gay Star News]
Solicitors to ‘gag’ journalists over sexual harassment allegations claims [Bristol Post]
‘Plenty of men my age use them’: High-profile barrister ‘sent paralegal to pharmacy to pick up viagra pills and watched porn at his desk’ [Mail Online]
Legal threat to NHS plans for cheap treatment to prevent blindness [The Telegraph]
Two historic Glasgow legal firms set to merge [Insider]
Key graduate recruitment deadlines calendar [Legal Cheek Careers]
Until we do something about childcare, expect endless stories like this where we look at the end point of a very complicated pipeline and just imply discrimination — because who needs evidence? [Legal Cheek comments]