The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Iraq War legal action funding reaches £150,000 target [BBC News]
Judge quizzed by cops over bizarre feud with bar owner who banned his dog from pub [The Sun]
Married solicitor, 47, has to pay young female lawyer £20,000 after asking her to wed him in her job interview [Mail Online]
Policeman ‘played down solicitor affair’, misconduct hearing told [Nottingham Post]
New law? [Twitter]
Self-checkout lines would be very fast and efficient if only a law were passed banning anyone over the age of 50 from using them
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 2, 2016
FIFA bribery trial could start in September or October 2017 [Reuters]
Couple win £25,000 in landmark legal victory over council which refused to let them cut down the oak tree which ruined their conservatory [Mail Online]
Woman who lost her leg in holiday crash must go through Greek law to get compensation [ITV News]
Donald Trump hired me as an attorney. Please don’t support him for President [Huffington Post]
Pokemon Go makers face trespassing lawsuit [BBC News]
Insight work experience at Clyde & Co [Legal Cheek Hub]
“I got a mini by chatting to some guy on a train. It works. You have to go out there and get what you want. BUT you also have to have the grades and all the other CV boxes ticked.” [Legal Cheek comments]