Morning round-up: Tuesday 26 May

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By Alex Aldridge on

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

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Boost for Cameron as Lord Judge says MPs should decide British laws NOT the European Court of Human Rights [Mail Online]

Lib Dem leadership rivals unite to save Human Rights Act [The Guardian]

The hurdles for Human Rights Act repeal now seem higher than before [Jack of Kent]

David Starkey takes a swipe at Mrs Clooney: Historian tells her to ‘shut up’, claiming Human Rights Act has gone too far [Mail Online]

Joshua Rozenberg: Is crowdfunded litigation the future of justice? [The Guardian]

Five internet trolls a day convicted in UK as figures show ten-fold increase [The Telegraph]

How James Rhodes fought the law courts in a battle to be heard [The Independent]

Revealed: Stephen Fry’s brush with the law over James Rhodes injunction [The Spectator]

The CPS are so under resourced, understaffed & over worked that the system is on the brink of total collapse [Jerry Hayes’ Blog]

“We’re next” says Italy after Irish gay marriage vote [The Telegraph]

Legal department coordinator [Legal Cheek Jobs]

“Continue to get those exclusives in before the Legal Journalism Suppression Act 2016 c/o M.Gove” [Legal Cheek Comments]