Law firm Clifford Chance adopts “CV blind” policy to break Oxbridge recruitment bias [The Independent]
Legal aid: Crime doesn’t pay [The Economist]
No Win, No Fee is very often a rip-off says legal profession’s own watchdog [The Mirror]
16-year legal battle over laptop reaches UK supreme court [The Guardian]
23 people charged after investigation into corruption at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court [Ilford Recorder]
French President Francois Hollande considers legal action after magazine said he was having affair with actress [BBC News]
Recovery in question as 2013 sees lowest UK M&A deal value for 12 years [Legal Week]
Whole-life sentences wholly justified, government tells Council of Europe [The Guardian]
Hands off our courts’ relationship with the European Court of Human Rights [UK Human Rights Blog]