The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
In wake of Orlando shooting, Obama and others call for stricter gun laws [Wall Street Journal]
Boris Johnson: To many fair-minded people it now seems obvious that the UK should leave the European Union [The Telegraph]
‘Revenge porn’ threats could be made a crime in England and Wales [The Observer]
Judge lets a young asylum seeker’s family into the UK — opening the way for thousands more in a legal precedent [Mail Online]
Investigatory Powers Bill: Theresa May’s surveillance plans should worry us all [The Guardian]
Amal Clooney to represent Yazidi women kept as sex slaves by Isis [The Independent]
Andy Burnham is to urge MPs to back a “Hillsborough Law”, which would ensure legal funding for bereaved families at inquests where police are involved [BBC News]
Outrage as human rights laws used to block compensation to terror victims of IRA attacks funded by Gaddafi [The Telegraph]
Gawker’s general counsel takes on a leadership role [New York Times]
Applications are open for training contracts at Clyde & Co [Legal Cheek Hub]
“”I have worked in a West End law firm, a national, a magic circle and US — and they worked me the same in every firm. You simply get paid more as the clients get charged more.” [Legal Cheek comments]