The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend
No-deal Brexit thrusts UK into “legal vacuum”, warns Keir Starmer [The Guardian]
Ex-Weinstein assistant calls for ban on contracts to silence harassment victims [The Observer]
Family court judge who inspired new BBC film The Children Act speaks of heartbreak over harrowing case [The Telegraph]
Angelina Jolie fires her lawyer as custody battle rages on with Brad Pitt [Hollywood Life]
Beg, get arrested, go to court, repeat… [BBC News]
Iran asks UN’s highest court to suspend US sanctions [Washington Post]
Warsaw will “ignore” ECJ ruling on justice reform [Politico]
Jailed Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh goes on hunger strike [The Guardian]
Company collapses lead to insolvency law clampdown [BBC News]
Six teenage girls to appear in court over death of Egyptian student, 18, outside Nottingham shopping centre [The Sun]
“Yeah everyone at Freshies should quit their jobs. Yawn. Where do you work fella?” [Legal Cheek Comments]
Some great upcoming September events [Legal Cheek Hub]
