The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Top barrister arrested in raids accused of ‘fixing witness’ and perverting the course of justice [The Sun]
Jailed for false retraction, rape victim to challenge reduced compensation [The Guardian]
Edward Snowden: Former top US law official says NSA whistleblower performed ‘public service’ [The Independent]
Parents of Conservative activist who died consider legal action [Financial Times]
Fury as £100m in legal aid is wasted on cases that are never heard in courts [Express]
The Psychoactive Substances Act is a bad law and the Government doesn’t even know what it means [Barrister Blogger]
It’s official: the Criminal Justice System is broken, and no-one seems to care [Secret Barrister]
Sean Jones QC: Who needs European employment rights? [Medium]
Accused ‘could use smartphones to enter court pleas’ [The Scotsman]
Italian man allowed to pay child maintenance in pizza, court rules [Evening Standard]
US law graduate who used sugar daddies she met online to finance her entire $50,000-a-year education [Mail Online]
Training contract applications are currently being accepted at Pinsent Masons [Legal Cheek Hub]
“There once was a lawyer called Rex, who had very small organs of sex. When charged with exposure, he said, with composure, de minimis non curat lex.” [Legal Cheek comments]