The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Jeremy Corbyn threatens to use Buckingham Palace banquet to raise human rights issues with China [The Independent]
Devolution of abortion laws in Scotland prompts Labour warning [The Guardian]
Supreme Court ruling in favour of ex-wives renegotiating divorce settlement may “open floodgates” [The Independent]
Meet the lawyer defending your right to sext [Vice]
Murderer of Glasgow teenager had human rights breached, judges rule [The Guardian]
No animals were harmed in the making of this tweet… [Twitter]
12 month community order for meerkat keeper who glassed the monkey specialist in a cat fight at London Zoo over over the llama keeper
— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) October 14, 2015
Corbyn won the battle on Saudi jails. Now it’s time to defend British justice [The Guardian]
Iran’s Guardian Council passes nuclear bill into law [Reuters]
French court sets EU precedent by recognising ‘gender neutral’ person [The Telegraph]
New York cabbie uses obscure legal loophole to secure a free Manhattan apartment (and he can stay there for life) [Mail Online]
21 tips for surviving law school, as told by law students [LexisNexis Future of Law Blog]
Applications are open for Hogan Lovells winter vacation scheme [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Doubt that they’ll now do the decent thing and finally get round to paying me…” [Legal Cheek Comments]