The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Murder accused unable to find barrister to represent her in court because of strike action [Wales Online]
Names emerge in the search for a director of public prosecutions to succeed Alison Saunders [City A.M.]
High-flying lawyer who rents out £320,000 house where two men died in suspected carbon monoxide leak is being investigated by police [Mail Online]
Speeding Porsche driver admits causing death of top barrister [Belfast Telegraph]
Judge in rugby stars’ rape trial to hear arguments over reporting restrictions [The Irish Times]
Trump brands raid on lawyer Michael Cohen’s office ‘disgraceful’ [BBC News]
‘End of the road’: Oscar Pistorius loses appeal over jail term in final legal defeat [The Guardian]
How a pocket square business is helping one law student thrive [Lawyers Weekly]
Why lowering the retirement age of judges shows Poland is sliding towards authoritarianism [New Statesman]
F-LEX are recruiting paralegals in Manchester and the North West [Legal Cheek Hub]
“The reoccurrence of such important and content heavy exams can make it impossible to prepare for each exam/assessment to the highest standard possible; hence why there is such a high fail rate. Perhaps, BSB should rethink the formatting of the entire course in general.” [Legal Cheek comments]