Morning round-up: Friday 6 March

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By Thomas Connelly on

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

newspapers4DLA Piper lawyer sues London hospital for £1.5m after appendix blunder left her infertile [Evening Standard]

Lawyers “are using threats to stop negative client reviews” [The Independent]

Increased court fees for issuing claims to come into force on Monday [LexisNexis Dispute Resolution Blog]

Sue today, while courts last [Twitter]

Top barrister Andrew Thornhill QC caught up in Raleigh Limited charity probe [Mirror]

Syrian lawyer Mazen Darwish named as world press freedom hero [The Guardian]

Hard-up lawyer left rubbish in Derby back yard after eviction [Derby Telegraph]

Ex-Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison to become “Judge Geordie” in new MTV show about love dilemmas [Reveal]

Man drove neighbor’s dead body to his lawyer’s office in the back of a pick-up after “killing him in self defence” [Mail Online]

Hall & Oates take legal action against Haulin’ Oates Granola [Gigwise]

Law GIF [Facebook]

Personal Injury paralegal required for highly respected Legal 500 firm based in the South West [Legal Cheek Jobs]

“This really makes me actually want to post something negative about him in a public forum just so they can fruitlessly sue me too. I can claim Litigant in person costs and earn a tidy sum.” [Legal Cheek Comments]