The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Plan to reduce jury trials an ‘irremediable error’, lawyers say in MoJ letter [The Guardian]
Lammy says justice reforms will reduce victims’ suffering — as right to jury trial set to go in some cases [Sky News]
Judges at risk under plans to restrict jury trials, top barrister warns [Financial Times] (£)
Scrap jury trials to fix our broken court system [The Telegraph] (£)
Labour faces legal battle over plan to house migrants in barracks [The Telegraph] (£)
Rachel Reeves to rush pensions tax raid into law to reassure markets [Financial Times] (£)
Class actions surge in UK, but public sees lawyers as main winners [City AM]
What has happened since the UK supreme court’s gender ruling? [The Guardian]
Mum of Scots lawyer brutally murdered in LA launches legal battle for grandchild [The Scottish Sun]
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