The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Lawyers hounding British troops with compensation claims from Iraqis “paid Basra agent £75,000 to trawl for victims” [Mail Online]
Mau Mau lawsuit due to begin at high court [The Guardian]
It’s not wrong to consider John Beggs QC for barrister of the year [Barrister Blogger]
Europe is on the brink of electing a far-right head of state [BuzzFeed]
Marina Wheeler QC’s sister-in-law speaks out over Waterloo station sex claims [Mail Online]
US-style problem-solving courts planned for England and Wales [The Guardian]
‘Handful’ of legal firms using .law web domain [Law Society Gazette]
Legal tech is nothing new [LinkedIn]
Court bans 71-year-old woman from marrying her 21-year-old fiancé [The Independent]
Training contract applications are open at King & Wood Mallesons [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I suspect the Tarquins and Clarissas get by on a bit of a periodic cash injection from the parents, at least in the early years of practice.” [Legal Cheek Comments]