The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Is CPS on “brink of collapse”? [BBC News]
Judge in “corner shop” race row with Asian crime victim finally quits his £150,000 post [Mail Online]
Comment: The NYLon law firm – outmoding a Global Elite and Magic Circle firm near you [Legal Business]
Jeremy Corbyn puts vegan ex-lawyer in change of farming policy [The Telegraph]
Malcolm Turnbull, the millionaire lawyer who toppled Tony Abbott to become Australia’s new prime minister [The Telegraph]
Theresa May loses court battles against two failed asylum seekers [The Guardian]
Bar students or Apprentice candidates? [Twitter]
Not sure if new BPTC students with wheelie suitcases, or new Apprentice candidates. #LawStudentProblems pic.twitter.com/LGy7EBIbot
— Law Student Problems (@LawVicissitudes) September 14, 2015
Charlie Hebdo could face legal action after publishing a series of cartoons mocking the death of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi [The Mirror]
David Allen Green: In praise of law libraries, and why defending Inner Temple law library matters [Jack of Kent blog]
Burning Man threatens legal action over parody claiming it is a bucket list tick for rich kids [Marketing Magazine]
Birmingham barrister’s new novel draws on real trials [Birmingham Post]
Senior real estate paralegal sought by highly prestigious law firm [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Yeah, so let’s just stop trying, right? Cancer survival rates are better than in 1956. Those idiots trying to raise money to find a cure! Someone should tell them. 9 likes? You utter muppets.” [Legal Cheek Comments]