The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
English justice ‘hanging on by fingernails’, warns top judge [The Guardian]
‘Upskirting’ law change could be implemented, Justice Secretary David Gauke signals [Evening Standard]
Tory Lord says keeping EU law in UK after Brexit would cause constitutional outrage [Express]
British lawyer twins, 37, face up to three years in Dubai jail after being charged with drunkenly assaulting a policewoman and ‘cursing Arab women’ [Mail Online]
Law firms expect job cuts due to artificial intelligence [The Stack]
Alfie Evans can return home, judge rules — but he can’t go to Italy for treatment [The Telegraph]
How realistic is new drama The Split on BBC1? Princess Diana’s divorce lawyer separates the fact from fiction [Radio Times]
Madonna loses legal fight to stop sale of hair, underwear and Tupac breakup letter [The Guardian]
‘If this happened in Sudan we’d hang the killers’: Family of law student, 18, who was stabbed to death attack Britain’s ‘soft’ justice [Mail Online]
Man blinded law student with pool cue, court hears [Oxford Mail]
Leading criminal defence practice in Kent seeks criminal lawyer [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I totally agree with the principle that students should have a reduced charge for a reduced service. However, for the UK and EU students, any refund might mean a slight reduction to the balance of a student loan. Many students won’t pay back their loan balance before it’s written off anyway. Not much to gain.” [Legal Cheek comments]