The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
New year, new deal: the buyout boom poised to take over City lawyers’ lives [The Observer]
Legal aid cuts deny parents their human rights, says ex-supreme court president [The Guardian]
English courts are a mess, says ex-BBC lawyer in TV licence shambles [The Times] (£)
Labour goes slow on rape courts pledge amid fears over shortage of lawyers [The Guardian]
Top divorce lawyer Sandra Davis: ‘My advice? Don’t get divorced’ [The Telegraph] (£)
Barristers begin four-week strike over legal aid [BBC News]
Trump must be sentenced in hush money case, judge signals no jail [Reuters]
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