Morning round-up: Wednesday 15 January

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Topless photos atop Empire State Building spark lawsuit [BBC News]

Human rights row: UK quitting would be disaster — ECHR head [BBC News]

Law firms make up 10 per cent of Stonewall top 100 [The Lawyer]

Jury sworn to try barrister accused of lying in Huhne point swap scandal [Court News UK]

City solicitors struck off after private prosecution win High Court appeal [Legal Futures]

Lawyers Behaving Badly: Firms employing misconduct solicitors still get legal aid [BBC News]

A parliamentary bill to legalise assisted suicide will be debated in Westminster following the agonising portrayal of the issue with Hayley Cropper’s death in TV’s Coronation Street [The Express]

Seven more charged in Barkingside Magistrates’ Court corruption case [Ilford Recorder]