The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Student wrongly accused of rape says he will sue police and CPS as he questions why he was made to stand trial [The Telegraph]
Social mobility in law ‘worse than the 1970s’, says Cherie Blair [Times Higher Education]
Legal threat hangs over UK decision on faster rural broadband [Financial Times]
New court for Britain after Brexit as government pushes to break free from Brussels [Express]
Grenfell Tower fire: Labour group leader threatens judicial review following dispute with inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick [getwestlondon]
Lawyer Nick Freeman calls for public register to name people who make false rape allegations [Manchester Evening News]
Campaigners threaten legal action over ‘abortion pill’ [BBC News]
Apprentice star increases investment in The Link App as it seeks crowdfunding boost [Legal Futures]
Technology: Disrupting the law and lawyers with Travers Smith [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I’m not acquainted with the detail of this case. However, given that Leigh Day were acquitted of all charges (pending the appeal), I find the decision that they are not to be entitled to any costs at all a most surprising one.” [Legal Cheek comments]