The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Supreme court judge hints at legal hitch that could seriously delay Brexit [The Guardian]
Six High Court judges appointed at a ‘relatively early age’ sue the government for age discrimination over pension changes [Mail Online]
Mum posed as Wonderbra model, barrister and cancer victim to steal £61k in series of frauds [The Sun]
Furious Tories win legal action to stop ‘unlawful’ strike by 10,000 prison officers [The Mirror]
Fieldfisher seals merger with Beijing law firm [Legal Week]
Zara sued for negligence for selling dress containing dead rodent [The Fashion Law]
Barrister permanently banned from public access work [Law Gazette]
Teenager to stand trial for feeding chip to pigeon after refusing to pay fine [Wales Online]
US first-year associates getting totally hosed by Trump’s tax plan [Above The Law]
Law firm to set up a booth at weekend music festival to assist punters caught with drugs [Mail Online]
Vacation placements at Pinsent Masons [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I teach law at a long respected institution which is easily accessible to adult and other non traditional learners. Until recently, this institution “bought in” their content from a long respected post graduate provider. While the quality of that course was superb, that relationship came to a close…” [Legal Cheek comments]