The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Ninety-six per cent of UK’s top law firms fear Brexit profit hit [City AM]
Political parties accused of “gaming the law” on social media adverts [The Telegraph]
Emily Thornberry consulting lawyers as she denies ex-Labour MP’s claim that she called Leave voters “stupid” [Evening Standard]
Boris Johnson to put NHS spending vow into law as he eyes major Cabinet shake-up [Politics Home]
UK Supreme Court to hear case of woman seeking US surrogacy costs [The Guardian]
Ex-Justice Secretary David Gauke hints at uncorking a new centrist party [The Times]
Boris Johnson “plots to decriminalise not paying the BBC licence fee” [Mail Online]
Lawyer’s career is in ruins after he was found guilty of sending “menacing” texts that he had authority to DEPORT Indian mother-of-four who planned to quit his husband’s beauty salon [Mail Online]
Family killer Jeremy Bamber received £500,000 in taxpayer’s cash for failed legal campaign to prove his innocence [The Sun]
How cowed judges could let Boris Johnson break the law [Prospect]
India: Police fire tear gas as protests against new citizenship law turn violent [Sky News]
Harry Dunn’s parents tell Boris Johnson to “get justice done” after Brit teen’s death crash suspect is seen driving [The Sun]
The Key Deadlines Calendar [Legal Cheek Careers]
LegalEdCon North [Legal Cheek Events]
“He started collecting in 1985, so the £9million figure comes from the wine’s value as an investment, not in reference to his billings.” [Legal Cheek Comments]