The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Geoffrey Cox billed taxpayers for temp while raking in £740 an hour as barrister [Mirror]
Revealed: Suella Braverman’s trips to Rwanda to teach government lawyers [Independent]
Good Law Project sets up Scottish office amid concern over ‘bullied’ English judges [The Scotsman]
I’m a barrister and I know the law doesn’t protect women and girls – it needs to change in five areas [Independent]
Arch-Brexiteer Owen Paterson banks on European court as he launches his case today [Mail Online]
New law to stop the self-harm trolls who prey on children [The Times] (£)
Nicola Sturgeon spent over £260,000 of taxpayers’ cash fighting failed Supreme Court cases [Daily Record]
‘Dirty money’ fears as EU court backs tax haven secrecy: Companies have right to keep identities of their owners secret [This Is Money]
TikTok lawyer Richard Grogan’s wife pays special tribute to him using iconic quote from Bridget Jones’s Diary at funeral [The Sun]
Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal is in jeopardy as her estranged husband refuses to pay her $2million legal bill [Mail Online]
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