The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Immigration lawyers using delaying tactics to keep illegal immigrants in Britain, High Court says [The Telegraph]
British porn stars turned ‘lawyer’ twins facing jail in Dubai for ‘drunkenly attacking policewoman and cursing Arab women’ did not finish their legal training in the UK [Mail Online]
UK ratifies European patent court agreement [Financial Times]
‘The criminal justice system is on its knees’: Solicitor’s brutally honest speech as Cambridge court faces closure [Cambridge News]
Alfie Evans legal advisor is exiled Russian dissident who was friends with Alexander Litvinenko and worked for Ukip leader [Mirror]
Lawyers slam SFO disclosure failings for ‘miscarriage of justice’ in Tom Hayes Libor conviction [City A.M.]
Barrister and Labour campaigner resigns over antisemitism [Jewish Chronicle]
British professionals revolt as austerity hits the middle class [The Economist]
Bill Cosby’s lawyer fell asleep for 30 minutes as the judge spoke to jurors during the shamed comedian’s sex assault trial [Mail Online]
Lionel Messi wins trademark court case [Sky Sports News]
Meghan Markle Suits exit: Long-time fans of the legal drama devastated as final Rachel Zane scenes air [Evening Standard]
Leading criminal defence practice in Kent seeks criminal lawyer [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Brexit related work will last a relatively short time. The real concerns must be long term. Are the blinkered or trying to blinker us?” [Legal Cheek comments]