The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Ed Miliband wined and dined with George and Amal Clooney at home of Geoffrey Robertson QC [Mail Online]
David Cameron pledges to extend UK data surveillance law following Paris terror attacks [International Business Times]
Judge left anonymous in family court case is named [The Telegraph]
93 new QCs [Twitter]
93 out of 224 applicants have been successful in this year’s Queen’s Counsel competition.
Public announcement on Wednesday.
— Mukul Chawla QC (@MChawlaQC) January 12, 2015
The influence of TV crime dramas on the security policy of David Cameron [Paul Bernal’s Blog]
Charlie Hebdo: freedom of speech and freedom from fear [Halsbury’s Law Exchange]
Sydney barrister siege victim “killed by police stray bullet” [The Telegraph]
“I came back to the villa and you were gone”: desperate last text of depressed lawyer husband to leading BBC producer before he hanged himself on Portuguese holiday [Mail Online]
Shop sign “was peeling away from wall weeks before it fell,” killing young lawyer [Evening Standard]
Derby solicitors sees 300% increase in couples wanting a divorce — including man sick of wife’s smelly feet [Derby Telegraph]
Property litigation paralegal sought for leading London law firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
The odd person like me does slip in [to the bar] with only slightly above average academics and no family connections [Legal Cheek Comments]