The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
British murder suspect’s appeal against extradition to US goes to European court [The Guardian]
High Court judge accused of dodgy legal ruling still being investigated 15 months after probe began [The Sun]
London bike courier wins ‘gig economy’ legal battle [The Independent]
Black judge claims he was discriminated against by disciplinary panel [The Guardian]
Newspaper legal costs proposals wrong in principle, says senior MP [The Guardian]
Pupillage Gateway opens [Legal Cheek Hub]
Those pesky silks [A view from the North]
Norwegian mass murderer Breivik in human rights appeal case [Yahoo! News]
US Supreme Court superheroes [Twitter]
Michele dressed up as Ruth Bader Ginsburg for super heroes day at her school. And she got a personal note from Justice Ginsburg days later. pic.twitter.com/ctXejn0Ljc
— Yashar (@yashar) January 7, 2017
Simon Cowell drops legal action against Gary Barlow’s rival BBC talent show Let It Shine [The Mirror]
Government forecast on impact of PI reforms “skewed against lawyers”, say economists [Legal Futures]
“Meanwhile the bloated partners parachuted out in time and are laughing all the way back to their Porsche 911s.” [Legal Cheek Comments]