The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Lady Hale joins chorus of concerns over criminal courts charge [The Guardian]
Banksy mural returned to Folkestone after legal battle [BBC News]
Laura Ashley boss and his estranged former Miss Malaysia wife ‘have spent £5million on divorce lawyers as they battle for his £440m fortune’ [Mail Online]
Jeremy Corbyn raises human rights record with Chinese president Xi Jinping [The Independent]
Ban media from naming sex abuse suspects before charge, says Alison Levitt QC [The Guardian]
Fair point [Twitter]
MOJ consultation on poor advocacy is like asking for help to tune a piano after you've pushed it off the roof.
— Gavan Duffy (@gavanduffyqc) October 20, 2015
Former Scottish justice secretary and family lawyer in ugly clash on Twitter [The Courier]
Child abuse lawyers slam High Court decision to block 70 more care home claims against Manchester council [Manchester Evening News]
Taking soft skills seriously [LexisNexis Future of Law Blog]
Alabama judge orders defendants to give blood to avoid jail [BBC News]
“It’s as much a political question as a legal one. In purely political terms, why should we allow a foreign entity to take supremacy over us? Why is the liberal commentariat perfectly happy with this state of affairs, and why can’t they recognise the validity of an opposing view? Just anti-Tory nonsense.” [Legal Cheek Comments]