Lynne Spears wants daughter Britney to be able to choose her own lawyer

Britney Spears’s mother said the pop superstar has been able to look after herself for years as she asked a court to allow her daughter to choose her own lawyer (Tony DiMaio/PA)

Britney Spears’s mother said the pop superstar has been able to look after herself for years as she asked a court to allow her daughter to choose her own lawyer.

Spears called for the conservatorship that has overseen her life since 2008 to be terminated during a bombshell court hearing last month.