The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Perversion of justice: Rochdale child sex grooming gang ringleader who was convicted of 30 rapes fights to avoid being kicked out of UK — and he’s using European human rights law to do it [Mail Online]
Travelling tailor used bespoke suit con to fleece top lawyers [The Telegraph]
Reporting restrictions: When can you take notes in court? [BBC News]
Trump sees “unusual” circumstances in Scalia’s death amid conspiracy theories [The Guardian]
Addleshaws and Maclays call off merger talks [The Lawyer]
Brothers jailed after abusing judge on Facebook [The Guardian]
Charity Commission spent £13,000 on barrister in case criticised for expense by Lord Chief Justice [Third Sector]
Couple who claim neighbour’s pond is too noisy fail in legal fight to force him to turn it off [The Mirror]
Brazil court freezes footballer Neymar’s assets [BBC News]
“The transplant was a wake-up call… I gave up my law career to start a coffee shop business” [Belfast Telegraph]
Commercial Awareness Question Time — with Hardwicke and RPC. Apply to attend [Legal Cheek Hub]
“The law is for everyone, so everyone should pay for it. We corporate lawyers are already paying a lot of income tax (and rightly so). But that should be the only way of taxing us for something that benefits everyone”. [Legal Cheek Comments]