The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
‘I take that back’: Lawyer apologises for furious rant after GB News reveals he was asked to represent Hancock [The Independent]
Law firm DLA Piper poaches data scientists to capitalise on AI boom [Financial Times] (£)
Dominic Raab’s ex-colleagues speak out as bullying probe reaches final stages [BBC News]
Senior solicitor, 41, ‘threw ping-pong balls down teen worker’s dress’ [Mail Online]
Revealed: cabinet ministers warned of legal action over UK’s failure to tackle climate crisis [The Guardian]
Return of Shamima Begum would be lawyers’ bonanza [The Times] (£)
‘We have no choice’: Ukrainian judge turned soldier says justice is impossible without victory [RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty]
Judge ‘losing patience’ with bogus solicitor who failed to show up for court seven times [Yorkshire Post]
Lawyer attacked by female client who decapitated her lover after choking him in drug-fuelled sex attack QUITS [Daily Mail]
“What mega-mergers could work? I’d like to see Freshfields merge with Latham to become the undisputed global no 1.”[Legal Cheek comments]
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