The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
UK law firm accused of failings over Azerbaijan leader’s daughters’ offshore assets [The Guardian]
Wanted man tried to hand himself into police four times… but couldn’t due to court closures by the Ministry of Justice [Mail Online]
Immigrants facing deportation ‘could be unable to defend themselves’ after sweeping legal aid cuts [Huffington Post]
Employers face landmark legal action over sexual harassment [The Telegraph]
Leeds outperforming London and Manchester for legal work [Yorkshire Post]
Government calls in the lawyers to check if two customs options are legal [City A.M.]
Racist lawyer who threatened to call ICE on workers speaking Spanish in a Manhattan restaurant is a Trump supporter [Mail Online]
Trump Jr defended election meeting with Kremlin-connected lawyer [Financial Times]
Reed Smith are hiring Campus Ambassadors! [Legal Cheek Hub]
The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference on Wednesday 23 May [Legal Cheek]
“Presumably Slaughters, which is an old-school partnership and not an LLP, would also be concerned that if they published the partner figures anyone with a calculator could work out with some precision their PEP, which they are notoriously guarded about.” [Legal Cheek comments]
