The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Attacks on Brexit judges are bad for democracy, says former law lord [The Guardian]
Theresa May faces new Brexit legal challenge over single market withdrawal [The Telegraph]
As government faces a fresh legal challenge on Brexit, is it unlikely Article 50 will be triggered before the end of March? [City A.M.]
Joshua Rozenberg: Brexit in the Supreme Court [Full Fact]
Number of Russian cases in UK courts on the rise [Financial Times]
Bank chiefs demand new legal powers to help stop terrorists laundering money through London firms [Evening Standard]
Crooked solicitor to pay £308k he stole from elderly clients [Macclesfield Express]
France’s next first lady could be former law student from South Wales [News & Star]
Law student barred from class because her skirt would ‘distract men’ [Evening Standard]
Beyond the Bar: the evolution of solicitor-advocates in global law firms [Legal Cheek Hub]
“You have to almost admire the inconceivable stupidity of the SRA. Despite the resounding negative response to this farce, they continue to press on” [Legal Cheek comments]