The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Britain has largest legal aid budget in Europe, says report [The Telegraph]
Lawyer’s wife spared jail for fire-bombing car belonging to boyfriend of teenage girl she was obsessed with – but was then caught stealing from council where she worked [Mail Online]
Law firm creates “in-house” barristers chambers [Law Society Gazette]
Revealed: The killers and rapists among 1,000 criminals launching compensation claims over prisoner voting [The Telegraph]
What do people think about the Human Rights Act? [YouGov]
The Tory human rights proposal in memes [Twitter]
This is the Tory human rights proposal in two memes: pic.twitter.com/w9abmiVfUz
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) October 9, 2014
Trial date set for SOAS law grad ‘female volleyball prisoner’ in Tehran [The Telegraph]
Top 100 LGBT business leaders features 11 lawyers [The Lawyer]
Solicitor has swapped the court room for the bar room in launching a new career [Craven Herald & Pioneer]
Oscar Pistorius: Paralympian found guilty of culpable homicide to be sentenced next week [The Independent]
Banking and finance paralegal required for top international law firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Scapegoating is a nasty business, with a powerful firm here putting the entire blame on a junior member of staff” [Legal Cheek Comments]