“No longer will it be possible for youngsters from ordinary backgrounds, let alone poor backgrounds, to contemplate a career at the criminal Bar,” says top judge [Law Society Gazette]
How French spies plotted to kill Abu Hamza on a London street: Security forces were intending to shoot hate cleric with rifle before blaming far-right organisation [Mail Online]
Questions are being raised over the law firm asked by Qatar to assess workers’ conditions on World Cup building sites [The Telegraph]
Beastie Boys threaten legal action over girls video parody [Female First]
Shailesh Vara: We are trying to reform legal aid, not destroy it [The Telegraph]
To become a corporate lawyer is an economics degree better than a law degree? [The Student Room]
With 14,000 students chasing 5,000 places, recruiters are rethinking the selection routine [The Lawyer]
