The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Ukip’s legal officer has been approaching a number of Conservative MPs to encourage them to defect to Nigel Farage’s party [The Telegraph]
Fracking trespass law changes move forward despite huge public opposition [The Guardian]
Tricked into sex by fraud. Was the Sunday Mirror’s sting of Brookes Newmark criminal? [Barrister Blogger]
Want more social mobility? Let’s start by challenging the double standards [Social Mobility Foundation]
Prepare for a Tory assault on the Human Rights Act [Twitter]
This week the Tories will attack the Human Rights Act..
Please read and circulate this Bingham speech on the Act: https://t.co/ak2eFEEWJK
— Jack of Kent (@JackofKent) September 29, 2014
Dominic Grieve: “I had no reason to think that the prime minister would want to fire me” [The Guardian]
Indonesia: Province passes law punishing gay sex with 100 lashes [Pink News]
Singapore commercial court “a threat to London” [Law Society Gazette]
UB40 take legal action against former singer Ali Campbell over use of their name [The Mirror]
Monday morning cartoon [BabyBarista]
“Of course we live in an age of taking offence…” [Legal Cheek Comments]
Heard in court [Facebook]
Residential conveyancing paralegal at top Oxford law firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]