Monday morning round-up

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The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Revenge porn victims being failed by outdated laws and policing [The Guardian]

UK’s top 100 law firms report strong year despite final quarter slump [City AM]

Justice Secretary David Gauke defeats no-confidence vote [BBC News]

Junior judges face zero-hours working conditions, say lawyers [The Guardian]

Don’t expect justice from the Imperial Criminal Court [Salon]

This newly listed law firm wants to take over the world and the early signs are good [The Telegraph]

The latest comments from across Legal Cheek

Labour to propose new wellbeing law to inform policy decisions [The Guardian]

The Conservatives are pushing back against calls to strengthen the UK’s election regulator [BuzzFeed]

Jail-dodging puppy farmer hauled back to court after judge sees her Facebook “freedom” boasts [The Sun]

Citizens Advice seeks legislative researcher/paralegal [Legal Cheek Noticeboard]

Inside Track: How to become a City lawyer — with Baker McKenzie, Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown, PRIME and BPP Law School [Legal Cheek Events]

“GDPR is one of the most damning indictments of the EU. A huge and crippling regulatory cost which creates lots of (entirely pointless, but well remunerated) jobs for middle class people, hurts small enterprise, stifles competition, inhibits volunteer groups and completely fails to achieve its stated aim.” [Legal Cheek Comments]

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