The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Appeal court to hear first ‘guilty by association’ test cases [The Guardian]
Nissan taking legal action against Vote Leave [Sky News]
Barrister’s wife avoids jail after being convicted of stalking her husband’s lover who she called a ‘chavvy woman with fake boobs’ and enjoyed bizarre sexual practices [Mail Online]
Driver beats council in legal battle over 30-year-old unlawful ‘No Entry’ sign [The Telegraph]
‘Are those shorts? Send him down!’ [Twitter]
Def: I want to appeal my conviction
Lawyer: On what grounds?
Def: I think the Mags convicted me because I was wearing shorts— DefenceGirl (@DefenceGirl) June 20, 2016
‘Stupid legal nonsense’: No Man’s Sky wins legal battle with Sky over naming rights [Express]
Legal Hackette Lunches with Sally Smith QC [Legal Hackette’s Brief]
Limitless annual leave in law firms: Utopian dream or workable policy? [LexisNexis Future of Law blog]
Northern Ireland legal aid reforms ‘have not worked’ [BBC News]
Lawyer in $100 million divorce switched jobs to work for husband’s legal firm after representing the wife for more than a year [Mail Online]
Rome just elected this 37-year-old lawyer as its first female mayor [Fortune]
Event: How to make it as a City lawyer — with the Black Solicitors Network [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Read Dominic’s piece and dismissed it as Bremain propaganda. Now 3 more lawyers are saying exactly the same thing. I think we should be very worried about this.” [Legal Cheek comments]