The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Jeremy Wright: unassuming barrister who becomes attorney general [The Guardian]
Meet the new Education Secretary Nicky Morgan: The privately-educated, high-flying city lawyer and mother who voted against gay marriage because of her faith [Mail Online]
David Cameron goes forth without his legal eagles [Evening Standard]
Fact of the day [Twitter]
No chance to use my fact of the day: last woman lord chancellor (“lady keeper of the great seal”) was Queen Eleanor, wife of Henry III, 1253
— Joshua Rozenberg (@JoshuaRozenberg) July 15, 2014
Grieve departure softens loss of legal-aid case for Grayling [The Guardian]
Devastating blow to Grayling as judges halt his legal aid reform [Politics.co.uk]
Long-running legal row involving smells from animal rendering plant known as the “Penrith Pong” has been settled [BBC News]
Gang kicked Sikh lawyer’s turban off his head in a ‘ferocious’ attack as he returned from a meeting of the Society of Asian Lawyers [Mail Online]
Tulisa jury warned not to Google the pop star during proceedings [The Mirror]
School-age law firm interns in Scotland could be paid as much as trainees south of the border under new guidance [Law Society Gazette]
Lawyer shoots at three people resulting in one dead [New Indian Express]
Former White House lawyer is convicted of attempted murder [ABA Journal]
Barrister Hottie List 2014 delayed until tomorrow [Twitter]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“I’ve never sat on an interview panel but I always wonder whether questions about your hobbies, the news and suchlike are really just social exercises” [Legal Cheek Comments]
