Morning round-up: Thursday 7 May

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By Thomas Connelly on

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

newspapers4Taking a selfie in polling booths could land you in jail, warns Electoral Commission [Evening Standard] — for more on election day selfies see Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Joshua Rozenberg: The union is at risk — whether you realise it or not [The Guardian]

Nick Griffin faces legal threat for using photo of kilted black men to mock SNP [The Independent]

Criminal bar to vote on direct action [Law Society Gazette]

Nice try [Twitter]

Britain’s surrogacy laws are a “mess” [The Telegraph]

On legal aid, Sadiq Khan can’t make any promises [Politics.co.uk]

Partners at top firms to pay £42k more under Labour tax plans [Legal Business]

Woman files lawsuit against all the homosexuals for being gay [Salon]

Spain proposes new ‘kebab law’ [The Express Tribune]

Law GIF [Facebook]

Financial services paralegal sought for leading law firm in Birmingham [Legal Cheek Jobs]

“Kids and public sector workers vote Labour. People who have to earn the money vote Tory.” [Legal Cheek Comments]