The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Celebrities, royals and politicians brace themselves as court orders release of explosive Jeffrey Epstein files [The Telegraph]
Baby P’s mum using £14k of legal aid in bid to see her other children [The Mirror]
Security wins the day over privacy: High Court rules Snoopers’ Charter is not a breach of human rights [Open Democracy]
Scotland is right to give refugees legal aid … so should the whole UK [The National]
Government loses bid to throw out legal challenges against Chris Grayling franchise snubs [City AM]
A$AP Rocky says he’s “grateful” after a Swedish judge gave him permission to temporarily return to the US [BuzzFeed]
Marcel Berlins, erudite lawyer, journalist, literary critic and broadcaster who presented Radio 4’s ‘Law in Action’ for 15 years — obituary [The Telegraph]
No need to change assisted dying laws [The Guardian]
Another year, another lord chancellor [Law Society Gazette]
Student event this Thursday: Secrets to Success Hong Kong — with Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills, Linklaters, Mayer Brown and ULaw [Legal Cheek Events]
Latest jobs [Legal Cheek Noticeboard]
“Paul Hastings sounds like the name of a small lorry company up in the Midlands” [Legal Cheek Comments]
