The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
UK solicitor cleared of forcing daughter to undergo FGM [The Guardian]
Cambridge Analytica taken to court over data storage [BBC News]
Grenfell Council faces cries of ‘shame on you’ as it signs off on £3.5 Million for legal fees [Huffington Post]
Serious Fraud Office retrial of former Tesco executives could be back in court by September [City A.M.]
Daughter of Uber self-driving vehicle victim retains personal injury lawyer [Reuters]
Donald Trump’s top Russia lawyer John Dowd resigns [BBC News]
Judge who had a heart attack in court praises ‘extraordinary’ staff who saved his life [Wales Online]
Man apologises after swearing at judge in video link outburst [Telegraph & Argus]
BPTC & LPC graduates sought to work as County Court Advocates. Start this summer! [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Commercial awareness is overrated — don’t think it helps in bagging that training contract as people make it out to be. All that is needed is just common sense.” [Legal Cheek comments]