The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Top law firms are doing very nicely by behaving badly [Independent] (£)
Prince Harry prepares for High Court showdown with Daily Mail publisher [Financial Times] (£)
The tabloid tactics ‘used by Prince Harry’s lawyers’ in Mail legal battle [The Telegraph] (£)
I was warned my children would be ripped in half when we divorced. But I had no idea just how brutal custody cases can be [The Guardian]
Father Christmas taken to court over parking error [BBC News]
100 years ago: Earl of Birkenhead finds ‘Hanging Judge’ guilty [The Times] (£)
‘Why I’ve taken up pole dancing in my 50s’ – Kenilworth barrister [BBC News]
Sir John Blofeld obituary: Judge who crossed paths with Stones and 007 [The Times] (£)
The British-born Trump lawyer training Jews to fight [The Telegraph] (£)
The Brussels barrister who refuses to defend sex offenders [The Brussels Times]
Meet Neville Sarony, the Hong Kong barrister who also writes, acts and sings [South China Morning Post]
“If you wish to continue to practice conveyancing or property transactions, but move into central London, that is achievable. To go from a high street practice immediately to a leading city law firm is more unlikely…” [Legal Cheek comments]
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