The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Abu Qatada found not guilty of terrorism offences by court in Jordan [BBC News]
Children being denied justice by legal cuts, says children’s commissioner [The Guardian]
Are Syria air strikes legal? Perhaps not, but why should we care? [The Spectator]
Pop star Taylor Swift and lawyer Amal Alamuddin go head-to-head in same $900 floral dress despite being world’s apart [Mail Online]
Judge refuses injunction in battle of ukulele orchestras [The Guardian]
Dave Lee Travis found guilty of indecent assault [Evening Standard]
Wonga general counsel quits months after company was forced to pay £2.6m in compensation for sending debt collection letters from fake law firms [The Lawyer]
Judge sits in public to “explain” why he is hearing a case in private [The Guardian]
The ultimate proposal! Lawyer plans flash mob for months before he launches dancing proposal for his fiancé [Mail Online]
Divorce lawyer Ayesha Vardag says we can’t judge a woman’s prospects by who she’s dating [The Telegraph]
Ed Miliband is in a “real pickle” over English votes for English laws. That’s according to his own MPs [BuzzFeed]
Law graduates with 2016 or later training contracts sought for global investment bank [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Is it appropriate for those in the legal profession to even be on LinkedIn? It seems a bit below us doesn’t it?” [Legal Cheek Comments]