The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Attorney General warns Tory attacks on justice could see judges quit and trials delayed [Mirror]
Woman investigated over husband’s use of assisted dying clinic wanted to argue case in court [The Guardian]
‘Legal aid saved me from my ex-husband’ [BBC News]
‘I was happy to pierce my ear in court,’ says lawyer who saved Claire’s [The Times] (£)
Dysfunctional county court system condemned by MPs [Landlord Today]
Carter-Ruck enabled the $4bn OneCoin fraud. Was it a crime? [Tax Policy Associates]
Jewish lawyer arrested after his Star of David ‘antagonised’ protesters [The Telegraph] (£)
“I think assisting someone’s escape after a murder is a tad worse than your average ‘I backsigned a doc. 5 years ago to avoid HMLR’s fines’ ” [Legal Cheek comments]
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