The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Clinton emails: FBI chief may have broken law, says top Democrat [BBC News]
Straight couple who say they are being discriminated against by being banned from having a gay-style civil partnership will take their case to the High Court this week [Mail Online]
Leaked Uber email insists minimum wage ruling only applies to two of its drivers [Business Insider]
Catholic church could face multi-million pound payout as sex abuse case is heard [The Guardian]
Keira Knightley blasts “archaic” maternity law [The Telegraph]
Leading UK Sharia court “protects” violent Muslim husbands from prosecution [Breitbart]
Labour MP Keir Starmer refuses to apologise for spearheading legal witch hunt against innocent Sun journalists [The Sun]
Iran’s justice minister calls for fewer executions and changes to death penalty laws [The Independent]
Judicial fast-track would boost diversity [Law Society Gazette]
The work-life balance in a law firm [Future of Law Blog]
Trainee Solicitor sought to join our firm on a full time basis – immediate start [Legal Cheek Hub]
“So basically an associate at Gump will pay more tax than a Partner at Irwin Mitchell would earn.” [Legal Cheek Comments]