The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Legal loophole that allowed Anjem Choudary to leave jail early will be closed, minister says [The Telegraph]
Labour MPs plot ‘ambush’ to reform Northern Ireland abortion laws [The Observer]
Making a Murderer lawyer Kathleen Zellner is true crime’s new star [BBC News]
Westminster paedophile accuser appears in court charged with lying to police over “sex abuse ring” [The Independent]
Ex-police chief Bernard Hogan-Howe calls for review into cannabis law [Sky News]
Court of Appeal decision due in Morrisons data leak compensation case [ITV News]
Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder to take legal action against Ecuador [BBC News]
Brett Kavanaugh: Witches placed mass hex on Supreme Court Justice during New York protest ritual [The Independent]
Man bragged to a friend that he “banged” his girlfriend in court loos while on trial for theft [The Sun]
Student event: Commercial Awareness Question Time — with Burges Salmon in Bristol. Apply to attend [Legal Cheek]
BPTC & LPC graduates sought for paid County Court Advocate civil advocacy roles [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I think the SRA approach to this was troubling and political. Whatever the political or moral views of others regarding the Defendants, I find it alarming that solicitors were prosecuted (In the regulatory sense) for expressing support and/or conviction in the factual case of their clients at a press conference.” [Legal Cheek Comments]