The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Justice system at “breaking point” over digital evidence [The Guardian]
UK corporate court cases drop by a quarter [Financial Times]
Arthur Collins to spend £50,000 on top lawyer in bid to quash 20-year acid attack sentence [The Sun]
Human rights barrister accused of vile rants against child sex victims [The Mirror]
Poland’s Jews fear for future under new Holocaust law [The Guardian]
Guantanamo Bay or the International Criminal Court: Fate of ‘Beatles’ jihadis could spark diplomatic tussle [The Telegraph]
Justice system has reached crisis point, says top barrister [BBC News]
Katie Price could change the law as online trolling “to become a crime” after she calls for Harvey’s Law [The Mirror]
Lawyer caught with cocaine one of the highest paid legal aid solicitors [The Irish Times]
Pay of up to £300,000 on offer for next Law Society chief executive [Legal Futures]
“I am a mid level working at a MC firm and I have to work weekends and 2ams everyday.. each deal that closes gets instantly replaced by a new one.” [Legal Cheek Comments]
Job alert: Litigation Fee Earner sought by Canary Wharf-based law firm [Legal Cheek Hub]