The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Smart justice: The government once again tries to make courts more caring [The Economist]
Tim Farron calls for legalisation of cannabis for recreational use [The Guardian]
US bar sets 10-point checklist for non-lawyer ownership [Law Society Gazette]
Innocent until proven guilty, but not if you’re reporting a sex crime [The Independent]
No 10 faces legal challenge over ministerial code rewrite [The Guardian]
Welsh village to sue government over “alarmist” rising sea level claim [The Telegraph]
“Enemy of justice” lawyer who told wanted man how to flee UK is booted out of the profession [Liverpool Echo]
Estate agent tries to sue Lidl in row over spoiled mince meat [Evening Standard]
Leeds United: Legal action threat over “Cellino out” advert at Elland Road [Yorkshire Evening Post]
Better Call Saul “might break fans’ hearts” in season two [The Week]
Student conference on how tech is changing law, with lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright, Linklaters and Slaughter and May on Saturday 20 Feb [Evenbrite]
“This is not the result of a political u-turn. It’s an unintended consequence of the collapse of the hated tendering system, and done purely to avoid additional litigation against the MoJ”. [Legal Cheek Comments]