The top legal affairs news stories of the weekend
The UK’S highest court will rule over the legality of Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law this week [Belfast Telegraph]
Dragons Den law firm lines up £100m float [The Telegraph]
London law firms go on hiring spree for white-collar crime experts [Financial Times]
A man charged with the murders of an underworld “Mr Big” and a gangland enforcer has appeared in court amid a heavy police presence [BBC News]
Geoffrey Robertson QC: Here’s another Jeremy Thorpe scandal — its chilling legacy in law [The Guardian]
Edward Snowden’s lawyer warns of “databases of ruin” as Big Tech ousts Big Brother in surveillance debate [The Telegraph]
Amazon delivery firms face legal action over workers’ rights [The Guardian]
Trump lawyer Giuliani says president can probably pardon himself [The Telegraph]
Pardons, obstruction of justice and the Rule of Law in the demagogic presidency [LawFare]
We should applaud the end of the nuclear family, says top judge [The Telegraph]
Disgraced solicitor who preyed on sick miners uses compensation cash to buy £2.8m mansion in WAG capital of UK [The Mirror]
Rape juries: Jolyon Maugham hits the wrong target [Barrister Blogger
Richard Susskind writes tribute to Sir Henry Brooke [Society of Computers and Law]
Paralegal sought for the Legal Services Directorate of Avon and Somerset Constabulary [Legal Cheek Hub]
Event: How to make it as a barrister — with Cornerstone, Hardwicke, Radcliffe and Serjeants’ Inn [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Dundee is an amazing place, and university. The law faculty in particular has extremely high standards of teaching, and its recent praise is really well deserved. I feel that a lot of people discredit Dundee based on snobbiness alone, probably having never visited the city or the university.” [Legal Cheek Comments]
