The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Surge in parents forced to fight child custody battles with no legal representation [The Independent]
Crime victims get power to challenge prisoners’ release [The Observer]
How a passion for football kicked off a stellar legal career [Financial Times]
High court judge tweets appeal for missing mother to bring son home [The Guardian]
Revenge porn: “I became the lawyer I needed” [BBC News]
Sir Philip Green’s lawyer was “victim” too, court told [The Telegraph]
Pinochet’s ghost still haunts the law lords [Law Society Gazette]
Laurent Gbagbo: former Ivory Coast president freed by war crimes court [The Guardian]
Opera singer launches legal action over “botched” hip replacement he alleges ended his career [The Telegraph]
US Supreme Court blocks Louisiana’s stringent abortion law — but only for a few days [Vox]
“More pressure for junior fee earners to enhance profits to increase profits for the big boys at the top to trouser dividends.” [Legal Cheek Comments]
BPTC and LPC graduates sought to work as county court advocates [Legal Cheek Hub]
This Tuesday: Secrets to Success (lawtech special edition) — with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Gowling WLG, Pinsent Masons, PwC and RPC [Legal Cheek Events]