The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
David Cameron’s father sought legal advice on best tax havens [The Guardian]
Mossack Fonseca is just one law firm, in one tax haven. Just think what the others are hiding [The Independent]
Could lawyer who hounded British troops be struck off? Firm referred to disciplinary tribunal over “serious allegations of professional misconduct” [Mail Online]
Injunction ruling enables celebrities to hide sex lives, says top lawyer [The Guardian]
Dave Lee Travis teased me for making him look like Rolf Harris, reveals top court artist [Legal Hackette’s Brief]
Judge Rinder will be a tough act to follow [Twitter]
Top Old Bailey judge jokes judges Judy and Rinder will be hard acts to follow when the TV cameras role in
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A private school background is no longer a golden ticket to a law career [The Guardian]
Four deny charges over death of lawyer Amanda Telfer, killed by falling window frame [Evening Standard]
“Ted Cruz was one of the sharpest, brightest students I’ve ever taught at Harvard,” says law professor Alan Dershowitz [Mail Online]
Judge dismisses Kesha’s hate-crime and human-rights complaints against Dr. Luke [LA Times]
Paying for sex is now against the law in France [Jezebel]
Law firm director and “respected figure” in exclusive Cheshire village plundered £380,000 from dying pensioner … and didn’t stop even after she died [Mail Online]
King & Wood Mallesons seeks law students to be campus ambassadors [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I don’t think this is the death of the training contract. I think it’ll take a while to take off and then the two will run side-by-side. At most it’ll slightly dent the TC numbers” [Legal Cheek Comments]