A rundown of this week’s top news stories.
- Boris Johnson seeking legal advice for secret plan to shut down Parliament and force Brexit through [via Politics Home]
- Pound falls as Queen asked to suspend Parliament [via BBC News]
- Clyde & Co Edinburgh team moves to Scottish firm [via The Law Society Gazette]
- Ex-Google and Uber engineer charged with theft [via BBC News]
- Asylum case rejected by controversial judge Sandy Street will be reheard [via The Guardian]
- Public sector to launch ‘mass legal battle’ over pension reforms [via The Guardian]
- 90% of firms pessimistic about criminal sector’s future [via The Law Society Gazette]
- G7 leaders told to scrap discriminatory gender laws from statute books [via The Guardian]
- Rejection of international law on the rise, Iran’s foreign minister says [via Reuters]
- Bumper retention rates point to City optimism [via The Law Society Gazette]
- Law firms owed tens of thousands await news of Bolton sale [via The Law Society Gazette]