{"slug": "monday-morning-round-up", "title": "Monday morning round-up", "summary": "The Financial Times reports that legal tech start-ups are packaging AI disruption in a risky new wrapper, highlighting concerns about the technology's application in the legal sector. The article is part of a Monday morning round-up of legal affairs news, which also includes stories on Prince Harry's lawyer, employment tribunals, and a barrister's side hustle as a dhol drummer.", "body_md": "The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend\n\nSpectacular defeat leaves Prince Harry’s golden lawyer tarnished [[The Times](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/prince-harry-david-sherborne-m3t32l38k)] (£)\n\nWoke barrister’s ‘hypocrisy’ as he takes left-wing campaign group Good Law Project offshore [[Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16072701/Woke-barristers-hypocrisy-takes-left-wing-campaign-group-Good-Law-Project-offshore.html)]\n\nThe new age of Big Law recruiting [[Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/3c085ab6-7128-4073-bc65-5482a47fb016?syn-25a6b1a6=1)] (£)\n\nLegal tech start-ups put AI disruption in a risky new wrapper [[Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/3df7712e-f9b6-4afa-ae48-609fb4a6b5e4?syn-25a6b1a6=1)] (£)\n\n‘A chilling effect’: Palestine Action barrister speaks out about contempt case [[The Observer](https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/a-chilling-effect-palestine-action-barrister-speaks-out-about-contempt-case)]\n\nWhat goes on in employment tribunals? I spent a week finding out [[The Times](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/what-goes-on-in-employment-tribunals-i-spent-a-week-finding-out-8f862fl7q)] (£)\n\n‘I’m a lawyer by day, dhol drummer by night’ [[BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k19387v2jo)]\n\nWhy I believe Oscar Pistorius’s trial was unfair [[The Times](https://www.thetimes.com/world/africa/article/oscar-pistorius-reeva-steenkamp-failed-by-south-african-legal-system-says-barrister-ng3kct8sx)] (£)\n\nGreens rack up £1m legal bill in year of ‘unwinnable’ trans battles [[The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/08/22/green-party-spends-over-1m-on-legal-costs-in-a-year/)] (£)\n\n‘Appeasement is not a strategy’: how media is fighting back against Trump’s legal threats [[Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/ccd02363-0e4d-4fca-8bd1-46a153d19aee?syn-25a6b1a6=1)] (£)\n\n“I earn just under 70k as an Associate slogging it out in private practice. That involves a horrendous commute, a soul destroying office environment and being constrained by specific hours/routine. Are you telling me I can earn potentially more than that answering questions on the internet???!!!! Wth am I doing with my life?” [[Legal Cheek comments](https://www.legalcheek.com/2026/08/solicitors-secret-side-hustle-ends-in-strike-off/#comment-1266575)]\n\n**Upcoming events 📅:**\n\nNEXT WEEK! The Legal Cheek September Virtual Law Fair [[Register to attend](https://www.legalcheek.com/fair/the-legal-cheek-uk-virtual-law-fair-series/)]\n\nTalking Tech: A career in technology law — with Clifford Chance (virtual) [[Apply Now](https://www.legalcheek.com/event/talking-tech-a-career-in-technology-law-with-clifford-chance-virtual/)]\n\nTalking Tech: A career in technology law — with Clifford Chance (in-person) [[Apply Now](https://www.legalcheek.com/event/talking-tech-a-career-in-technology-law-with-clifford-chance-in-person/)]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/monday-morning-round-up", "canonical_source": "https://www.legalcheek.com/2026/08/monday-morning-round-up-163/", "published_at": "2026-08-24 06:54:24+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-24 07:14:16.759237+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Financial Times", "Prince Harry", "Good Law Project", "Palestine Action", "Oscar Pistorius", "Green Party", "Clifford Chance"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/monday-morning-round-up", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/monday-morning-round-up.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/monday-morning-round-up.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/monday-morning-round-up.jsonld"}}