The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
How a former junior lawyer created a $5bn AI legal start-up [Financial Times] (£)
Court room or soap opera? Employment tribunals aren’t as boring as they sound [The Guardian]
Barrister who defended Ben Stokes against assault charges is disbarred after lying about studying at Oxford [Mail Online]
Immigration law firm making £1.7m in legal aid loses contract over standards [The Guardian]
What the Palestine Action proscription tells us about UK terrorism law [Prospect]
I’m beginning to question our gun laws [The Spectator] (£)
The kindness of strangers: I felt self-conscious studying law, then a classmate praised my op-shop suit [The Guardian]
These Lawyers Shared The Most Ridiculous Reasons A Case Was Won Or Lost, And I’m Still Screaming At Some Of Them [BuzzFeed]
‘Dilapidated’ court to be transformed into flats [BBC News]
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