The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Rail prosecutions: The six minute train journey that became a long legal nightmare [BBC News]
England prison overcrowding emergency measures come into force [The Guardian]
Property dealer ordered to pay £700,000 after chaotic court case [The Times] (£)
Sarah Everard inquiry lawyer in running to become Oxford chancellor [The Telegraph] (£)
AI is ushering in a tech lawyer ‘golden age’ — for now [Business Insider]
Laws on union strike threshold set to be scrapped [BBC News]
Minister accused of failing to help lawyer who disappeared under aunt’s regime in Bangladesh [The Telegraph] (£)
X ‘closes operations’ in Brazil after row with supreme court justice [Sky News]
I graduated from Georgetown Law, but I ditched the legal world to tutor. I made 6 figures while traveling the world. [Business Insider]
“Unreasonable. There could be a plethora of reasons for the girl to fall asleep accidentally and to be punished in this way by someone in power is a horrible abuse of power.” [Legal Cheek comments]
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