The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Judge takes swipe at “collapsing” justice system as CPS failures cause yet another sex trial to collapse [The Telegraph]
‘Imagine if Westminster locked up Nicola Sturgeon’ — Ben Emmerson QC tells UN [The National]
Criminal landlords could lose all earnings after court ruling [The Guardian]
UK lawyers call to suspend Saudi Arabia membership to UN Human Rights Council [Middle East Monitor]
Irish court refuses man’s extradition because of Brexit [The Guardian]
Newcastle engineer’s terror trial halted as barrister is taken to hospital [Chronicle Live]
Meet Baroness Fiona Shackleton — Prince Harry and William’s lawyer who Lisa Armstrong has hired for Ant McPartlin divorce [Metro]
George Clooney reveals he pursued wife Amal Clooney by email [Elle]
Event: Secrets to Success in Birmingham with Pinsent Masons, Irwin Mitchell and St Philips Chambers at ULaw [Legal Cheek Hub]
“It’s a valueless statistic unless the people marking the exams are consistent whether they mark in the morning or the afternoon or more likely dead of night to up their teachers income!” [Legal Cheek comments]
