The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Court finds government spying law unlawful [Sky News]
Solicitor for student in rape case criticises police and CPS [The Guardian]
UK could face court action over air pollution after EU warning: ‘We can delay no more’ [Independent]
Henry Brooke: Tributes pour in for blogging and tweeting ex-Court of Appeal judge, who has sadly died [Legal Cheek]
Motorists should be penalised for going just 1mph over the speed limit, Britain’s road policing chief says [The Telegraph]
Judge ‘at wits’ end’ over secure unit shortages for young people [The Guardian]
Couple lose bitter legal battle to stop their dog being evicted from their ‘no pets policy’ £1million penthouse [Mail Online]
Court ruled emoji constituted apartment rental contract as lawyers struggle with interpretation [9to5Mac]
Richard Spencer said he couldn’t find a lawyer to defend him against a lawsuit about the violence in Charlottesville [BuzzFeed News]
Student event: Technology and the future of legal practice — with Womble Bond Dickinson in Leeds [Legal Cheek Hub]
David Allen Green: “He [Henry Brooke] took to social media so deftly, and used it wonderfully to explain the substantive law, how it worked in practice, and why reform and policy change was needed. As a legal blogger and tweeter he was without equal, and we are so lucky to have had him. Such a sad and dreadful loss.” [Legal Cheek comments]