The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Court charge creates incentive to plead guilty, Bar Council warns [The Guardian]
Britain to cancel “grossly hypocritical” saudi prison contract [BuzzFeed]
Tom Watson letter did not lead to Leon Brittan being interviewed, says CPS [The Guardian]
Is the Labour Party right to abandon its support for George Osborne’s fiscal charter? [City AM]
Lawyers attack offshore tax evasion plans [Financial Times]
Take the Daily Mail judiciary quiz [Twitter]
Quick quiz. This is D Mail describing some of our most senior former judges. Can you identify them?
Answers soon. pic.twitter.com/K5Zy9heGN7
— Shoaib M Khan (@ShoaibMKhan) October 13, 2015
Is streaming pirate video legal? Europe’s highest court will take a look [The Register]
Head of New York law firm reveals he spent ten years in maximum security prisons for dealing heroin before turning his life around after studying behind bars [Mail Online]
Jay Z attends court as “Big Pimpin'” copyright trial gets underway [Reuters]
Last few places: Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently — Legal Cheek live, with Lord Neuberger [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I can imagine it on the job references now…’Didn’t turn up to lectures, was watching daytime TV instead.'” [Legal Cheek Comments]