The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Taxpayer will fund Tony Blair’s legal costs as Iraq War families look to sue [The Telegraph]
Uber faces tribunal claim over driver rights [Sky News]
Barrister could face jail after admitting harassment charge [Newmarket Journal]
Phone and email data may be kept to fight crime, EU court rules [BBC News]
IOC taking legal advice on possibility of banning Russia from Rio [Sky Sports]
First-ever legal bid for return of Elgin Marbles to Greece thrown out by European Court of Human Rights [Independent]
NI defamation law ‘should be brought into line with England and Wales’ [BBC News]
Do you have what it takes to switch to law? [The Guardian]
UK heatwave: What is the legal working temperature? [Metro]
LPC Law seeks BPTC & LPC graduates to work as County Court Advocates. Immediate Start! [Legal Cheek Hub]
“The referendum result establishes a snapshot of public opinion, but nothing more. Our parliament — our representative democracy — is sovereign; patriotic Brexiters should welcome its involvement in the debate…” [Legal Cheek comments]