Morning round-up: Wednesday 25 February

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By Thomas Connelly on

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

newspapers4Erol Incedal retrial: law student terror suspect “had Tony Blair’s address” [BBC News]

Three-parent babies: House of Lords approves law despite fears children could be born sterile [The Telegraph]

Oscar Pistorius lawyers fight to prevent new murder trial [The Telegraph]

Wonga to axe 325 jobs as it seeks to save £25 million after “fake lawyer” scandal [London Evening Standard]

LinkedIn settles password hack legal claim [BBC News]

How “get a job” divorce ruling will change settlements on maintenance payments [The Telegraph]

A judge telling a divorcee to get a job is a triumph for women’s rights [The Guardian]

Abid Naseer trial: MI5 spies disguised in court [BBC News}

Why thousands are standing behind one Muslim lawyer [BBC News]

Legendary Scottish solicitor dies [Law Society Gazette]

Saudi court gives death penalty to man who renounced his Muslim faith [Reuters]

Law GIF [Facebook]

Funds paralegal sought for leading global law firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]

“Speaking as one looking forward to qualification and defending all the oiks, I do believe all the cuts in legal aid are super. It’s about time we had our bar jolly well back to ourselves.” [Legal Cheek Comments]