The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Former Macfarlanes solicitor is the new Lord Chancellor [Legal Cheek]
Solicitors warned ‘be suspicious’ of house-buyers paying with large sums of ‘unexplained cash’ [Evening Standard]
AA says it is “astonished” over legal action by its former chairman [City A.M.]
Lana Del Rey sued by Radiohead for allegedly copying Creep [The Telegraph]
No retraction for Fire and Fury, says Trump book publisher’s lawyer [The Guardian]
SDT orders solicitor who failed to overturn £2,000 fine to pay £54,000 in costs [Legal Futures]
Supreme Court cites juror’s racist comment in death penalty reprieve [BBC News]
Meet Mz J4zzie, the law graduate with her eyes on rap royalty [Newham Recorder]
Cornerstone Barristers pupillage open evening on Thursday 11 January [Legal Cheek Hub]
“It is unbelievable that it has taken this long for a lawyer to be appointed Lord Chancellor. What has been the pre-req’s for the last 6 years? Be relatively incompetent but schoolmates with a good chunk of cabinet?” [Legal Cheek comments]