The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Labour could reopen leadership nominations if anti-Corbyn court bid succeeds [The Guardian]
More than 1,000 people donate to legal fight to let new Labour members vote in leadership election [Mirror]
Court crackdown pledged to stem post-Brexit hate crime surge [Evening Standard]
Federalists tried to kill EU exit clause; now Britain wants to dodge it [Reuters]
Who is Steven Woolfe? The former barrister hoping to lead UKIP [The Week]
Judges should not return to work as barristers [Irish Times]
Lord Dyson valedictory speech in full [Courts and Tribunals Judiciary]
Bitcoin isn’t money, a judge rules [Business Insider]
Judge jails lawyer for wearing ‘Black Lives Matter’ pin. Now, activists are pushing back [Huffington Post]
Deadline alert: Training contract applications at Hogan Lovells close 31 July [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Lawyers should know not to put anything remotely prejudicial in writing” [Legal Cheek comments]