The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Head of the SOAS law department is horrifically injured after masked thugs raid his home in Wimbledon [Evening Standard]
Law student banned from driving after high-speed race through Burnley jailed for M6 smash [Lancashire Telegraph]
Five routes into a law career if you don’t have a degree [The Guardian]
Raising money for a research fund whose pioneering treatment has helped a leading barrister fight cancer [Your Barrister Boyfriend]
Judge angry after court ceiling springs a leak due to overflowing toilets at Maidstone Crown Court [Kent Online]
A magic circle of judges, a sex abuse probe and the sinister truth about the Fettesgate scandal [Mail Online]
Cameron warned over “sabre-rattling” with European court of human rights [The Guardian]
This UKIP MEP has called for the return of the death penalty [BuzzFeed]
Burger chain Wimpy faces legal action after baby’s bleach ordeal [The Press & Journal]
Terror suspect was waved and winked in court by defendant in another case [Evening Standard]
Another biglaw partner’s “reply all” misadventure [Above the Law]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Go and look at the canteens in the central departments around Whitehall — not that they are fantastic but hell they are a lot better.” [Legal Cheek Comments]