The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Windrush Scandal: Legal Action being prepared in case government shirks compensation costs [Huffington Post]
Windrush and Legal Aid: how free legal representation could have avoided a national scandal [Open Democracy]
Union slams court modernisation plans which could see 6,500 jobs lost [City A.M.]
Joshua Rozenberg QC says banning public and press from sex trials should only be a last resort [Belfast News Letter]
Exeter University law student reveals why he leaked friends’ racist WhatsApp messages [Evening Standard]
UKIP MEP ‘defends’ students caught sending messages about rape, ‘bombing mosques’ and ‘buying slaves’ on Whatsapp in free speech row [The Sun]
Ulster rugby players cleared of rape drop case against BBC [The Guardian]
Female golfer threatens legal action over men-only Saturday morning rule [The Telegraph]
‘What do you want for breakfast?’ ‘A divorce!’ From affairs with nannies and nuns to cash hidden in a jacuzzi — the craziest stories of marital breakdown, from a divorce lawyer who’s seen it all [Mail Online]
Leading criminal defence practice in Kent seeks criminal lawyer [Legal Cheek hub]
Now open for entries: The Privacy Law Blogging Prize [Legal Cheek Journal]
The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference on 23 May — final batch tickets on sale [Legal Cheek]
“I don’t think that this is dressed up as for the employees’ good. It’s clearly for the firm’s good, to manage conflicts.” [Legal Cheek comments]