The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend
UK Government faces legal action from EU citizens who allege they were “denied right to vote” [iNews]
Julian Assange’s legal team prepares for a lengthy free speech battle [NBC News]
Mother appears in court charged with murdering her two teenage sons [Sky News]
Austria scandal: Lawyer says he was part of Ibiza sting [BBC News]
Julia Hartley-Brewer mocks Matrix barrister who stood for Change UK [Twitter]
Aw, really gutted for you Jess @JMPSimor that you didn’t get elected as a Change UK MEP. On the plus side, though, we get to enjoy more of you here in the UK. Brussels’ loss is comedy’s gain. pic.twitter.com/0mRjyolRto
— Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) 27 May 2019
Judge who mocked Donald Trump in court is suspended without pay [The Independent]
Julian Assange prosecution should be dropped, says specialist extradition lawyer [The Canary]
American lawyer, 61, becomes the 11th person to die on Everest in just 10 days [Mail Online]
Kim Kardashian is making her criminal justice journey into a documentary because she is a Kardashian, after all [Metro]
Event: Secrets to Success Leeds — with Pinsent Masons, Walker Morris, Womble Bond Dickinson and ULaw [Legal Cheek]
Event: Innovation and the law – with Osborne Clarke, Shoosmiths, Blandy & Blandy and ULaw in Reading [Legal Cheek]
“I personally enjoyed my experience of the EU law exam at York uni, where, mere weeks before the Brexit vote, the cohort started a petition that they couldn’t possibly be expected to have answered questions that weren’t on the syllabus. The idea that they should be keeping up with the news during the most momentous political event in Britain’s history with the EU was lost on them.” [Legal Cheek Comments]