The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Domestic workers win supreme court case against Saudi diplomat [The Guardian]
Councils liable for abuse suffered by foster children after landmark Supreme Court decision [The Telegraph]
Law student dies after trying ecstasy for the first time while on his way to Radio 1’s Big Weekend music festival [The Sun]
Legal system ‘failing victims of disability hate crime’ [ITV News]
Man is prosecuted after posting picture of Airsoft hobby gear on Facebook [Metro]
More Brits are heading to the divorce courts — the highest rate since the 1980s [Mirror]
An entertainment lawyer explains what legal consequences Harvey Weinstein could face [Business Insider]
The Apprentice 2017: Lord Sugar fires lawyer Elliot Van Emden after shambolic robot task [Evening Standard]
New York’s highest court’s first openly gay judge is sworn in [Pink News]
Event: How technology and innovation will change the role of lawyers — with Osborne Clarke [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Even as a vac schemer at a top global firm, I have been subject to inappropriate comments by on of the partners in the department I was placed…” [Legal Cheek comments]