The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Spectacular defeat leaves Prince Harry’s golden lawyer tarnished [The Times] (£)
Woke barrister’s ‘hypocrisy’ as he takes left-wing campaign group Good Law Project offshore [Mail Online]
The new age of Big Law recruiting [Financial Times] (£)
Legal tech start-ups put AI disruption in a risky new wrapper [Financial Times] (£)
‘A chilling effect’: Palestine Action barrister speaks out about contempt case [The Observer]
What goes on in employment tribunals? I spent a week finding out [The Times] (£)
‘I’m a lawyer by day, dhol drummer by night’ [BBC News]
Why I believe Oscar Pistorius’s trial was unfair [The Times] (£)
Greens rack up £1m legal bill in year of ‘unwinnable’ trans battles [The Telegraph] (£)
‘Appeasement is not a strategy’: how media is fighting back against Trump’s legal threats [Financial Times] (£)
“I earn just under 70k as an Associate slogging it out in private practice. That involves a horrendous commute, a soul destroying office environment and being constrained by specific hours/routine. Are you telling me I can earn potentially more than that answering questions on the internet???!!!! Wth am I doing with my life?” [Legal Cheek comments]
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