The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Bid for legal ruling on whether UK can unilaterally abandon Brexit fails [The Guardian]
Julian Assange loses first round of bid to overturn UK arrest warrant as he remains at Ecuadorian embassy [Independent]
Tesco facing record ‘£4bn equal pay claim’, Leigh Day says [Sky News]
Businessman who was landed with lawyers’ fees of £200,000 after an acrimonious divorce is convicted of ‘harassing’ his ex-wife — by sending her emails about their joint insurance and household bills [Mail Online]
Judge attacks sentencing guidelines after he is unable to properly punish paedophile [The Telegraph]
Tesco trial abandoned after defendant has heart attack [Financial Times]
Louboutin faces setback in EU legal battle over red soles [BBC News]
Glass ceiling keeps women from top jobs in law [Raconteur]
Now I’m a lawyer, I’ll take my father to court to protect my sister from FGM if I have to [iNews]
Legal watchdog urges judges to strike off solicitor who tried to kill wife [Helensburgh Advertiser]
Solicitor who had cocaine in his wallet on prison visit is to be spared criminal conviction [Irish Times]
ICLR is seeking full-time law reporters — law grads apply now [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Unfortunately and contrary to popular belief, not all law students come from privileged backgrounds. I have worked extremely hard having 3 part time jobs at the same time throughout my studies in order to fund myself and I think many others would say the same.” [Legal Cheek comments]
