The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Carillion investors mull legal action [The Telegraph]
‘Lazy’ law graduate who lived lavishly thanks to businesswoman girlfriend sues for share of £1.3m home [Evening Standard]
Britain’s top prosecutor blasted as ‘complacent’ after insisting that nobody has been wrongly jailed in rape trials farce [Mail Online]
Mystery celebrity spends £25,000 on legal costs after unknown blackmailer claims to have information about a ‘very serious’ criminal offence [Sky News]
Solicitor ‘revolt’ at legal advice change [BBC News]
Ban Judge Rinder for making a mockery of the law, blasts QC: Top lawyer says barristers should not be reality TV stars [Mail Online]
A YouTuber successfully sued her ex-boyfriend in a landmark revenge porn ruling — and then proposed to her co-star on the court steps [Business Insider]
Meet the former lawyer who gave it all up to become an electrician [Examiner]
Donald Trump’s lawyer ‘used private company and fake name to pay porn star Stormy Daniels’ [Mirror]
Event: Technology and the future of legal practice — with Womble Bond Dickinson in Leeds [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Full disclosure — I am 1.5 years into my training contract at a very good MC firm. Truthfully, the work is often mindbogglingly dull. AI, or a trained monkey, could do what I do. I did pretty well in my degree (double first from Cambridge) but I honestly felt more intellectually challenged working as an admin assistant for a small business in Cambridge.” [Legal Cheek comments]