The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
News of the World legal chief ‘ordered surveillance on rival lawyers’ [The Guardian]
‘Ambulance chasing’ law firm that hounded British troops over false claims of Iraq abuse banned from public funding [The Telegraph]
Brexiteers and the story of the would-be time-traveller [Jack of Kent blog]
Gang hide in Highbury Magistrates Court [Twitter]
Highbury mags court is on lockdown as police hunt a gang hiding in the building after a lunchtime brawl
— Tristan Kirk (@kirkkorner) August 2, 2016
Tunde Okewale MBE: from part-time jobs, and a 2:2, to the honours list [Hackney Citizen]
Tyson Fury sues British doping authorities over drug charge [Sky Sports]
High Court judge rules NHS can fund ‘game-changing’ anti-HIV drug [Evening Standard]
Female lawyers have some advice for male colleagues [Global Legal Post]
Anglo-Irish legal battle over Poole foetal alcohol boy [BBC News]
Judge tells Trump lawyers to prepare for discovery in fraud case [Politico]
Free Event: Diversity and technology experience day at Hogan Lovells [Legal Cheek Hub]
“That’s because the legal sector is so stupid! No other sector employs their graduates 2 years in advance (why is that even?) whilst almost every other sector employs that very same year…” [Legal Cheek comments]