The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Revealed: Queen backs Brexit as alleged EU bust-up with ex-Deputy PM emerges [The Sun]
Prisoners will be allowed to smoke in their cells after senior judges rule ban on lighting up in public places did not apply to state-run jails [Mail Online]
Law to tackle online crime and cyber crime introduced [BBC News]
Newlywed who claimed she had sex with solicitor husband after fatally stabbing him found GUILTY of murder [The Mirror]
David Cameron has been urged to overturn a decision not to give the family of a boy who died during Surrey floods legal aid [BBC News]
Awkward [Twitter]
Witness asked if printed statement is right tells hearing: 'No it isn't, there's several spelling mistakes and loads of grammatical errors'.
— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) March 8, 2016
EU-Turkey deal on refugees “would contravene international law” [The Telegraph]
Adam Johnson’s sister launches campaign to support footballer’s appeal [The Guardian]
Revealed: The laws you can break and apparently get away with it [The Mirror]
Legal battle over Thatcher aide’s £8m Ming porcelain hoard tears his family apart [Evening Standard]
The deadline for applications to become a campus ambassador at Hogan Lovells closes on Friday [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I don’t understand why they don’t just have it so you do the SQE if you have a degree – as this seems to be the issue.” [Legal Cheek Comments]