The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Retired judge Butler-Sloss steps down from child abuse inquiry [BBC News]
Government defends mass interception of online data at tribunal [The Guardian]
Top solicitor is jailed for stealing £75,000 from clients to prop up diamond business in Ghana [Mail Online]
Grieve out in re-shuffle [Twitter]
With the departure of Ken Clarke & Dominic Grieve goes any last remnants of support for #humanrights in senior Tory ranks
— Sadiq Khan MP (@SadiqKhan) July 14, 2014
Ken Clarke also goes: “for first time there may be no QC as a cabinet member,” says David Allen Green [Twitter]
17 pictures of Ken Clarke not giving a damn [BuzzFeed]
Burnley solicitor faces £1million theft charge [Burnley Express]
Legal aid cuts: Your husband has a solicitor and a barrister — you have no-one [Mumsnet]
We are holding a myth-busting Twitter Q&A about training contract applications on Wednesday at 1pm [Legal Cheek]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Getting a Desmond in law is bad, pure and simple…can you expect to offer legal advice with low legal knowledge and ability?” [Legal Cheek Comments]
