The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
The young lawyers shunning £180,000 salaries for an easier life [The Telegraph] (£)
Surge in solicitor complaints makes regulator double response times [The Times] (£)
Social media platforms face huge fines under UK’s new digital safety laws [The Guardian]
Waspi campaigners to gather outside Royal Courts of Justice on Monday [Independent]
Thames Water set for crucial court ruling [BBC News]
Embarrassed judge apologises to machete suspect as he admits court logjam will delay his hearing for three years [Mail Online]
‘Everyone deserves paid time off after a bereavement’ [BBC News]
Trump targets law firm Paul Weiss in order restricting government access [Reuters]
Former Labour MP claims she was ‘bullied out of the party’ by ‘millionaire barrister’ Starmer after quitting in ‘anti-sleaze’ protest [Mail Online]
Prince Harry immigration files must be made public next week, US court rules [Sky News]
How law students at one of Australia’s biggest universities could FAIL their exam if they don’t perform a good enough Welcome to Country – even though it has nothing to do with their course [Mail Online]
“Don’t go there. Never force yourself into a place that doesn’t want you. [Legal Cheek comments]
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