The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
UK justice system failing defendants with mental health issues — charity [The Guardian]
Barrister Rupert Myers: Being publicly shamed over sexual harassment allegations pushed me to the edge [Evening Standard]
Supreme Court judge disagreed with abortion ruling [BBC News]
PRs use Prince Harry and Meghan Markle engagement to plug umbrellas, law firms and lap dances [Independent]
Confidential law firm files on ‘rapes and details of victims’ found dumped in bin by passer-by [Mirror]
UK drone users to sit safety tests under new law [BBC News]
Donald Trump’s White House ethics lawyer resigns [Independent]
Partner at Cellino & Barnes ‘threatens to burn offices to the ground’ as messy business split at one of America’s biggest personal injury firms worsens [Mail Online]
STEM Future lawyers events coming up with Clifford Chance and Reed Smith [STEM Future Lawyers]
How are these services “exploitative” or “morally wrong and unnecessary”? They are providing a service in a free market place — if you don’t want to use them, then don’t? [Legal Cheek comments]