The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Scales of justice still unbalanced for female judges [The Guardian]
Emergency phone and internet data laws to be passed [BBC News]
Magistrate jumps from the bench to rescue defendant after she passes out in court [Eastern Daily Press]
Law student helped gang fleece commuters at tube stations across London [Court News UK]
Nobody knows anything [Legal Business]
“Lawyer”: defined [Twitter]
"Lawyer, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law."
(Ambrose Bierce)
http://t.co/JLj1OmBFDo
— Guardian style guide (@guardianstyle) July 10, 2014
Great opening to a High Court ruling (via @LegalFutures) [Bailii]
Was Lord Denning really so great? [Twitter]
Prisoner proposes to accomplice in Vietnamese courtroom [Thanhnien News]
Monckton raids Doughty Street for five-strong public law team [The Lawyer]
Burglar walks free despite judge saying he ‘thoroughly deserved’ jail [Chronicle Live]
Australian judge says incest may no longer be a taboo [The Telegraph]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“They seem like the legal profession’s answer to Kanye and Kim” [Legal Cheek Comments]
