The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Magic Circle law firm Freshfields investigates slavery links [Telegraph] (£)
Win or lose, supreme court decision on Rwanda policy will be pivotal for Tories [The Guardian]
Government facing legal challenge over burning trees for energy in net-zero plan [The Standard]
Psychology body says costs ruling ‘unfair’ in appeal on use of unregulated experts in England and Wales [The Guardian]
‘Save our beautiful bullies’: The dog lovers fighting to save American XLs as government ban approaches [Independent]
Donald Trump: Legal experts see uphill battle in fraud case [BBC News]
‘I left law to work in security — now I can afford a four-bedroom house’ [Manchester Evening News]
Classes on celebrities like Taylor Swift and Rick Ross are engaging a new generation of law students [Independent]
Nottingham law student taking accommodation to court over broken boiler [Nottingham Post]
“Can’t wait for those hundreds of thousands of shoddily run redlines to be released…” [Legal Cheek comments]
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