The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
New Prime Minister’s ruthless reshuffle continues as Dominic Raab loses his Justice Minister role [Mail Online]
More newbies at the MoJ [Twitter]
Delighted that excellent, reform-minded colleagues @OliverHealdMP, @SamGyimah and @DrPhillipLeeMP are to join me at Ministry of Justice.
— Elizabeth Truss (@trussliz) July 17, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn hints at legal challenge on leadership contest rules as he takes on Labour’s NEC [Politics Home]
Top law blogger’s doubts about whether Article 50 will ever be triggered [Twitter]
Scotland is in a strong position to block Brexit, says Nicola Sturgeon [The Independent]
Labour MP Chuka Umunna weds lawyer fiancee and posts on Facebook he is “the luckiest man alive” [The Mirror]
They look criminally good together! Hunky model David Gandy attends glitzy polo event with glamorous new barrister girlfriend Stephanie Mendoros [Mail Online]
The international criminal court is vital to our fight against impunity in Africa [The Guardian]
What now for human rights in the UK post-Brexit? [Halsbury’s Law Exchange]
Deadline alert: Applications for training contracts close on 31 July [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I did several vac schemes and hated the socials on all but one of them…” [Legal Cheek Comments]