The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
The law’s an ass, obviously [The Spectator]
Lostprophets’ Ian Watkins jail term appeal refused [BBC News]
Businesses flout law on paying interns for “valuable tasks” [Financial Times]
Title of Lord Chancellor no longer needed [Law Society Gazette]
Arizona killer Joseph Wood dies almost two hours after execution begins [The Guardian]
Tonight Arizona is in mid-botched experimental execution; Joe Rudolph still alive over an hour into the procedure…
— Clive Stafford Smith (@CliveSSmith) July 23, 2014
Christian sentenced by Iranian judge to have his lips burnt with a cigarette for eating during Ramadan [Mail Online]
MH 17: Can Russia be held legally accountable for the actions of the rebels? [BBC News]
Mystery over death of solicitor found on beach 15 miles from his car [Daily Post]
Men due in court for swallowing live goldfish [The Metro]
Judge spins rhymes in puppy-napping case [Jamaica Observer]
MP wants people who steal World of Warcraft weapons to be punished like real-life thieves [BuzzFeed]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Back in the day, most of the broadsheets (particularly The Times) had a handful of reporters who were either legally qualified or very experienced in covering the courts as a source of news.” [Legal Cheek Comments]