The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Judges block Nicola Sturgeon’s “totalitarian” law to appoint a “state guardian” to be in charge of every child in Scotland [Mail Online]
Jeremy Corbyn can stay on Labour leadership ballot, High Court rules [The Independent]
Labour’s leadership was never a matter for the courts anyway [The Guardian]
Top fraud barristers chambers is renting its building from a money launderer [Legal Cheek]
Not-so-clever contracts [The Economist]
Brexit: Theresa May to bypass European Commission and appeal directly to EU leaders in bid to secure better deal [The Independent]
Liz Truss should be brave and release prisoners on indefinite sentences [The Guardian]
The long cruel reach of Indonesia’s death penalty [The Intercept]
TC applications ??? [Instagram]
Applications for mini-pupillage at Henderson Chambers close at midday [Legal Cheek Hub]
“It seems kind of ironic considering he makes his living by suing the NHS, but whatever.” [Legal Cheek Comments]