The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Legal aid: Review calls for £135m funding to stem courts crisis [BBC]
‘Lockstep’ falls out of step with modern law firms [Financial Times] (£)
Judge who accused Stonewall of misrepresenting the law set to help oversee equalities watchdog [The Telegraph] (free, but registration required)
Hussain Chaudhry: Teenagers convicted of killing law student in designer coat robbery [Evening Standard]
Two deny stabbing Warwick Law student during Sherbourne halls attack [The Tab]
Clients left in legal limbo after website allowing direct hire of barristers goes into liquidation [iNews]
E-scooter warning: Celebrity lawyer demands new rules on scurge of UK pavements [Daily Express]
Barrister spared jail over drink drive crash thanks to memory lapses [Evening Standard]
JUST LIKE DAD Kim Kardashian shares throwback photo with late lawyer father Robert Sr after she passes the baby bar exam on fourth try [The Sun]
Dublin solicitor becomes Irish TikTok sensation as he tells workers their rights and entitlements [Dublin Live]
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