The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Child welfare hit by lack of legal aid in family court cases [The Guardian]
How scrapping double jeopardy has brought killers to justice [Sky News]
Pictured: Shamima Begum’s lawyer — who moaned ISIS bride was being treated worse than the Nazis — is seen shaking hands with Jeremy Corbyn two years ago [Mail Online]
These trade unionists want to overthrow the “creaking establishment”, starting with the House of Lords [The Canary]
Sajid Javid’s new knife crime laws “will criminalise the young” [The Observer]
‘MI6 conman’ Mark Acklom appears in court [BBC News]
Man sentenced to 47 years in prison reacts by punching his lawyer [HuffPo]
Lawtech: mind the gap [Law Society Gazette]
Diverse range of practitioners sought to serve as clerks and panel members at disciplinary tribunals [Legal Cheek Noticeboard]
Nottingham student event: Law, innovation and technology — with Eversheds Sutherland, Freeths, Shoosmiths and ULaw [Legal Cheek Events]
“Using the Match of the Day scale of topness, David Pannick is very clearly within the ‘top, top, top’ QC boundary. To badge him as ‘top’ is sloppy and inaccurate.” [Legal Cheek Comments]