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Monday morning round-up

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The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

First ever female Lord Chief Justice to be named [The Telegraph]

Mishcon settles ‘tainted funds’ claim for £5.5mn [Financial Times] (£)

Who is David Sherborne, Prince Harry’s ‘ladies’ man’ lawyer? [The Times] (£)

Nicola Sturgeon warned not to delete pandemic WhatsApp messages by top lawyer [Daily Record

The ChatGPT lawyer explains himself [The New York Times]

Generative AI could radically alter the practice of law [The Economist] (£)

The latest comments from across Legal Cheek

Aspiring lawyer ‘killed in gang-style attack after trip to Waitrose’ [The Independent] (free, but registration required)

Law graduate, 28, with ‘big heart’ killed in 103mph crash [Liverpool Echo]

Lawyer fell out of skyscraper window to his death while trying to prove it was unbreakable [UniLad]

Trainee solicitor set to trek up Kilimanjaro on behalf of Down’s Syndrome Association [The Irish News]

Law student may just have reinvented the business card [Director of Finance]

“This will no doubt create a two-tier profession — those who have done a TC and those who haven’t.” [Legal Cheek comments]

We’re doing the London Legal Walk tomorrow with LawCare — help us raise funds for free legal advice in London [Sponsor us]

Tomorrow (13 June): Legal Cheek in-person student event in Nottingham [Apply to attend]

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