The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Why Brits are better at law than banking [Financial Times]
Phone-hacking trial: Jury starts deliberations [BBC News]
Supreme Court reduces religious no-go area for courts [UK Human Rights Blog]
The starchy, conservative lawyer who freed every slave in Britain [The Spectator]
Cabbie strike won’t affect legal aid barristers [Twitter]
Someone should tell these cabbies that Legal Aid cuts mean barristers can't afford taxis any more. pic.twitter.com/pSLJraR8tZ
— Max Hardy (@maxbarrister) June 11, 2014
Solicitor takes own life day before £500k embezzlement trial [The Courier]
High Court “opens floodgates” to air passenger claims for delays [Travel Weekly]
Turning rape trials into kangaroo courts: Defendants in rape cases should not bear the burden of proof [Spiked]
Law in Action: Cross-Examination in the Pistorius Trial [BBC iPlayer]
Restaurant owners win libel damages over scathing review after 11 year legal battle [The Telegraph]
‘Pink’ cover band singer sued for $10 million (£6 million) for not being attractive enough [New York Observer]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“If she makes you want to vomit that says more about you than it does about her” [Legal Cheek Comments]
