Monday morning round-up

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The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

#MeToo fuels big rise in sex discrimination cases [Financial Times]

Newspaper insists justice at risk after losing case to name multi-millionaire businessman accused of sexual harassment [iNews]

Judges rule that Romanian criminal cannot be deported under EU law [The Telegraph]

Labour threatens ex-staff with legal action amid row over anti-Semitism and whistleblowing [Twitter]

CPS cancels meeting on rape victims’ phone data due to legal action [The Guardian]

Mum sues NHS for £200k after medics ‘failed to perform test to reveal her baby had Down’s Syndrome’ [The Sun]

BBC backlash: Beeb facing legal challenge as viewers raise thousands to tackle ‘bias’ [Express]

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‘Helen’s Law’ could see murderers denied parole until they reveal whereabouts of victims [Channel 4 News]

Victims commissioner calls for new online policing force [The Telegraph]

Hope Barden: Sex role-play death prompts law change plea [BBC News]

Bernard Tomic gets legal advice as he prepares to appeal £45,000 Wimbledon fine [Metro]

The law school textbook Kim Kardashian turned into an ‘accessory’ [Above The Law]

Inside Track: How to become a City lawyer — with Baker McKenzie, Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown, PRIME and BPP Law School [Legal Cheek Events]

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