The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Court backlog ‘main issue’ hampering justice, says police chief [BBC News]
Judges to rule on Palestinian group’s legal action over Israel military exports [The Standard]
Is surveillance by private operators legal in the UK? [The Guardian]
Did AI companies win a fight with authors? Technically. [The Verge]
Police chief suspended for rejecting ‘nonsense’ racism claims launches legal battle [The Telegraph] (£)
Trump slams Israel’s prosecutors over Netanyahu corruption trial [Reuters]
Breaking good: the yakuza gangster who became a lawyer [The Guardian]
Meet Dua Lipa’s very glamorous lookalike mother who escaped the Bosnian war and trained to be a lawyer [Mail Online]
“Interesting! Let’s see how this one plays out.” [Legal Cheek comments]
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