The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Magistrates in new legal aid warning to Grayling as survey shows growing fears over justice system [Bureau of Investigative Journalism]
Legal aid cuts hit divided families as contact centres close down [The Observer]
Lawyers and MPs round on “absurd” judicial review reforms [Law Society Gazette]
Saudi Muslim leader organising “legal action against Charlie Hebdo” over Mohamed cartoons [The Independent]
The law is lagging behind in the fight against terror [The Telegraph]
Monday and it’s back to law tweets again [Twitter]
I love how that at the weekend my Twitter "Grayling" search column switches from law tweets to fishing tweets.
— David Allen Green (@DavidAllenGreen) January 17, 2015
Michael Wolfkind QC, the lawyer for ex-girlfriend of paedophile musician Ian Watkins, hits out at police [The Observer]
London tech start-ups targeted by Silicon Valley law firm [The Telegraph]
Perez Hilton threatens to call lawyers on Celebrity Big Brother housemates as CBB goes into meltdown [The Mirror]
Paralegal PA required for leading International law firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Whilst Oxford and Cambridge students are good, there is nothing magical about them.” [Legal Cheek Comments]