The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
High court rules in favour of rape victim who retracted accusation under duress [The Guardian]
‘Special forces shadow wars’ face legal threat from Corbyn [RT]
Ukip barrister Steven Woolfe admits he broke electoral rules by failing to reveal drink-drive conviction [Huffington Post]
Isle of Man law opens door to heterosexual civil partnerships [The Telegraph]
Overruled [Twitter]
Defendant with American accent loudly interrupts the prosecutor, shouting: 'Objection.'
— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) August 1, 2016
Lizzie Armitstead wins court fight to compete at Rio Olympics after UK anti-doping wanted four-year ban over ‘three missed tests’ [Mail Online]
Judge demands answers as bungling jail staff release prisoner by mistake [Liverpool Echo]
North Korea’s only foreign-founded law firm ceases operations [The Independent]
Chinese civil rights lawyer caught up in crackdown denounces US ‘smears’ [Financial Times]
We must abandon the idea of legal protest [Open Democracy]
Law student sought for volunteer vacancy — Project Coordinator for Big Voice London [Legal Cheek Hub]
“When one has to trudge through 300 apps for a training contract in a day, this is exactly the sort of person who will get it.” [Legal Cheek comments]