The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Courts to undergo £1bn digital reform after successful pilots [The Guardian]
Smile: High Court judge uses emoji in official ruling [The Telegraph]
Brexit risk to equal pay laws, Women and Equalities Committee told [BBC News]
Hacking scandal tabloid’s editor and lawyer found in contempt of Parliament [Mail Online]
Murder law will not be reformed, justice minister tells MPs [The Guardian]
‘PC World’ [Twitter]
You know it's time for a week off when you require the attendance of PC World thinking it's an officer when in fact it's a fucking SHOP.
— Shit Barrister (@shitbarrister) September 14, 2016
EU copyright reforms to strip likes of YouTube of legal protection [Financial Times]
City Airport protest: Judge ‘finds it hard to see link’ between runway stunt and Black Lives Matter campaign [The Telegraph]
The Archers: How could the press report Helen’s trial? [BBC News]
Charter Chambers’ barrister David Batcup dies after struck by a motor vehicle in Balham, South London [Charter Chambers]
LPC Law seeks BPTC & LPC graduates to work as County Court Advocates. Immediate Start! [Legal Cheek Hub]
“This is pretty embarrassing behaviour by DLA. I’ve never worked less than 7.5 hours in the 4 months at my current job and often do 55 billable hours a week. If I then got pulled up for leaving the office a bit early for a personal appointment one day I’d rage…” [Legal Cheek comments]