The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Sharia law guidelines abandoned as Law Society apologises [The Telegraph]
Even by the low standards of English lawyers, the men and women who run the Law Society have behaved like shameless hypocrites [The Spectator]
The Grayling meme: Top authors insert justice secretary villain into their novels [Politics.co.uk]
Lawyers falling short on ethics — study [The Guardian]
Anti-terror Bill: Teresa May criticised for producing “a chilling recipe for injustice” [The Independent]
ITV Daytime renews legal case show Judge Rinder for two more series [Digital Spy]
Black cab drivers “paying detectives to pose as Uber customers ahead of court case” [London Evening Standard]
Shrien Dewani’s lawyer launches application to have his murder trial scrapped and tells judge that main prosecution witness ‘lacks credibility’ [Mail Online]
Quiz: crazy EU law or made up law? [The Telegraph]
Businessman who was victim of “extreme internet trolling” settles High Court battle with Google [The Mirror]
Unpaid carer asks for help to fulfil lawyer dream [Northampton Chronicle]
Law student named Canada’s smartest person [Leader-Post]
Residential property paralegal at top legal 500 firm in Bedford [Legal Cheek jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“I think talk of defamation is probably missing the mark. If I were [Lord Harley’s] lawyer I think I would be looking at the protection from harassment act.” [Legal Cheek Comments]