The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
How top lawyers earn their bragging rights on pay [Financial Times] (£)
Barrister jailed for causing fatal head-on crash [BBC News]
Labour facing legal challenge over winter fuel payments cut [Independent]
Parents win ‘landmark legal case’ for daughter to bring anxiety dog to school [The Telegraph] (£)
Mothers to take DWP to court over ‘inhumane’ benefit rules on non-consensual conception [The Guardian]
Alarm over legal loophole as warped chatbots impersonate Jimmy Savile [The Telegraph] (£)
Harris v Trump may be remembered as the ‘litigation election’ — the world will be hoping it’s settled on the night [Sky News]
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