Morning round-up: Friday 1 August

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By Thomas Connelly on

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.

newspapers3Barristers can be fearless, but they must keep to the rules [The Guardian]

Keir Starmer announces plan to become Labour MP in Camden [Evening Standard]

Law School, I love you [Gawker]

Jersey legal panel raises concerns over laws written in French [BBC News]

Hopefully the first 2 digits refer to the year [Twitter]

Legal battle over Ronaldo’s CR7 moniker [Sky News]

The National Rifle Association’s top lawyer was once convicted of murder [Business Insider]

Greek court acquits farmers who shot 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers [The Guardian]

Can’t get a training contact? Start a scented candle business! [South Wales Evening Post]

Transgender person’s claim for female state pension rejected by appeal court [The Guardian]

Missing University of Nottingham student, Tom Nixon, has been found safe and well [Impact]

Heard in court [Facebook]