The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
SOAS law grad detained in Iran after trying to watch a men’s volleyball match has been sentenced to a year in prison [BBC News]
“While law firms make great play of their LGBT policies, the reality is that very few of their senior people have come out” [The Independent]
Child abuse inquiry may begin without a chairman as Theresa May scrambles to find a replacement for Fiona Woolf [Mail Online]
How I lost my 43 chins: Lord Falconer on the apples and Diet Coke diet that’s sparked more interest than anything he did in politics [Mail Online]
The case rests for lawyers on boards [The Sunday Times]
Rolf Harris loses first appeal bid over convictions [The Guardian]
Interview: Keith Schilling [Law Society Gazette]
Eva Longoria has fans ecstatic with news of TV role as “sensual” lawyer [Fan Share]
Judge orders Google to pay Canadian woman $2,250 for showing her cleavage on Street View [Mail Online]
Monday morning with Alex Williams’ cartoons [BabyBarista]
Five things we learned from #legalcheeklive at Gray’s Inn [Future Lawyers Network]
Private client paralegal at dynamic London law firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Had the Labour party limped to victory in 2010 then I have no doubt they would have cut legal aid just like Grayling.” [Legal Cheek Comments]
