The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Keir Starmer: Airstrikes in Syria are lawful, but I’ll be voting against them [The Guardian]
Tories ask law firm to conduct independent inquiry into bullying [The Independent]
High Court orders Northern Ireland to relax its ban on abortion in cases or rape and incest because it breaches mothers’ human rights [Mail Online]
Peter Hook to sue New Order bandmates for “millions of pounds” over royalties [Manchester Evening News]
Treasury’s regulation shakeup heralds new era for ‘Tesco law’ [Law Society Gazette]
Lunch with Dominic Grieve QC [Legal Hackette]
Law firms recruit beyond old hunting grounds [Financial Times]
‘Vexatious litigant’ William John Morrow loses legal ban appeal [BBC News]
University of Bristol Chancellor Baroness Hale to step down after 13 years [Bristol Post]
Five years of human rights failure shames FIFA and Qatar [Amnesty International]
Shearman & Sterling are now accepting applications for their spring and summer vacation schemes [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I would like to see Lord Neuberger in a Breaking Bad-esque television programme.” [Legal Cheek Comments]