The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Labour wants permanent customs union treaty after Brexit — Starmer [BBC News]
Court to hear case of banker kept alive against family’s wishes [The Guardian]
Pace of law firm IPOs is ponderous as investors kept at bay [Financial Times]
Disgraced Iraq lawyer Phil Shiner hid houses and even his guitars in bid to avoid paying £7m debts [The Telegraph]
We need a special court for free speech, delivering justice for all [The Guardian]
US Supreme Court weighs Microsoft privacy fight over data stored overseas [CNBC]
“This was botched, it was torture”: Lawyer’s anger as Death Row prisoner is left with a dozen needle wounds and punctured bladder when the execution team couldn’t find a vein to give him a lethal injection [Mail Online]
How two brothers converted a 200-year-old crown court into an incredible restaurant and hotel [Manchester Evening News]
‘Matty C’ burger van fights off legal action from McDonald’s over name claim [The Sun]
Top lawyer charged with having sex with his Labrador Snoopy [Metro]
“Law firm talk has certainly moved on since my day…” [Legal Cheek Comments]
Litigation Fee Earner sought by Canary Wharf-based law firm [Legal Cheek Hub]