The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
In our secret family courts, judges still don’t understand what rape means [The Guardian]
High court to decide if children can consent to gender reassignment [The Observer]
UK must be “careful” about “aggravating” case of British teen convicted of lying about gang rape in Cyprus, Raab says [ITV News]
London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan received more than £350,000 in legal aid for bomb plot court appearances — including £12,000 to appeal sentence — before he was freed [Mail Online]
Gutter journalism. #FakeLaw from beginning to end.
1. Khan was not “given £350,000”. This is a lie. That was the overall cost of legal aid in his criminal proceedings in 2012. This is like saying someone who receives a NHS heart transplant is “given” the cost of the operation. https://t.co/bjPEZ13EDP
— The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret) January 5, 2020
Did Soleimani killing violate international law? [Al Jazeera]
Junior lawyer event: How to build a career at a US law firm in London — with lawyers from Cleary Gottlieb, Kirkland & Ellis, Shearman & Sterling and Skadden [Legal Cheek Events]
Grenfell victims face eight-year wait for justice over inferno that killed 72 [The Telegraph]
Weinstein heads to trial in a case seen as larger than one man [New York Times]
Dominic Cummings probably breaking law in call for “weirdos” to work for Boris Johnson, experts warn [The Independent]
GirlsDoPorn: Young women win legal battle over video con [BBC News]
Home Office faces legal cases over Zimbabwean asylum seekers [The Guardian]
“The Bar is a pompous, constipated profession in many respects and pretty detached from the real world in terms of making convincing arguments.” [Legal Cheek Comments]
Law events coordinator sought for full-time role [Legal Cheek Hub]