The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Labour plan to make TV debates compulsory in law roundly mocked [The Telegraph]
British internet troll who posted bad review about American lawyer on Google faces £100,000 libel bill after his target successfully sued him [Mail Online]
North West chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal to step down in “savings push” [BBC News]
Court fee rises kick in today [Twitter]
Court fees rise today to £10k, a 600% increase.
That's the same sum Chris Grayling MP claimed on expenses to do up his Pimlico flat in 2005.
— Colm Nugent (@Wigapedia) March 9, 2015
No-win, no-fee lawyers become surprise ally in working women’s battle for equal pay [The Independent]
Cherie Blair signs deal to act for Albania where her husband is official adviser [The Telegraph]
QC under fire over “better to be a victim than a slag” comment in grooming trial [Metro]
UK set for new law to stop children flying to join IS [ITV News]
Jihadi John gatecrashed my daughter’s wedding: British solicitor claims ISIS executioner used ceremony as cover to hold secret meeting with members of his terror network [Mail Online]
Confessions from the City: The commercial barrister on battling the judge’s ear wax [Evening Standard]
Debt recovery legal assistant at Legal 500 firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
“I don’t think we talk enough about the loss of rights in Britain in 410.” [Legal Cheek Comments]
