The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Criminal Bar chief sparks fury after “comparing legal aid cuts to the horrors of Nazi Germany” [Mail Online]
Men banned from becoming Queen as 700 years of law redrafted ahead of gay marriage [The Telegraph]
Career women need a pre-nup law to help them protect their earnings from predatory men, says Bar Standards Board chief [Mail Online]
Brick Court barrister trio command hourly rate of £18,750 for Tchenguiz appeal [The Lawyer]
Solicitor posed as American “surfer dude” on internet to exploit girl, 13 [Leicester Mercury]
Furious judge halts trial in Argentina after blasting defence lawyer for not wearing a tie [The Mirror]
Improving judicial diversity is turning out to be a difficult and slow process [Law Society Gazette]
Solicitor’s career in ruins after she lied to cover up her father’s speeding points then tried to have trial in secret for “cultural reasons” until Daily Mail won legal challenge [Mail Online]
Jade Goody’s mum Jackiey Budden kicked off jury duty after chewing gum row [The Mirror]
“Lawyers are (often) necessary, sure, but they’re not the creators or drivers of anything material” [Legal Cheek Comments]