The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Paradise Papers: Isle of Man law ‘sanctioned’ tax dodge [BBC News]
Britain introduces law seeking to help post-Brexit trade [Reuters]
This grandmother had to fight without a lawyer to stop her grandchild being put ip for adoption [BuzzFeed]
Paris and Frankfurt try to grab lucrative legal action from London [Bloomberg]
Barrister chiefs warn Brexit and Good Friday Agreement are ‘incompatible’ [Irish Legal News]
Would you know what to do? Corporate lawyer reveals how to handle sexual harassment at work (even if your employer turns a blind eye) [Mail Online]
Murder conviction in jeopardy after judge ‘refuses to touch envelopes from HIV-positive defendant’ [Independent]
Law graduate who ended up sleeping rough in Islington lands job at Pret a Manger [Islington Gazette]
Donald Trump Jr allegedly told Russian lawyer during campaign that US would reconsider anti-Kremlin laws [The Telegraph]
Reese Witherspoon says women tell her that they went to law school because of ‘Legally Blonde’ [Harpers Bazaar]
Why STEM students make great lawyers: Hosted by LexisNexis, with Allen & Overy, Bristows, Reed Smith and more [STEM Future Lawyers]
“This is not news. Those who do something interesting at university catch up with law grads by doing a crammer conversion course in 9 months. And they have a more up-to-date understanding of the law than the law grads who last came across a carbolic smoke ball years ago.” [Legal Cheek comments]