The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Francis FitzGibbon QC on Tory plans to ditch the Human Rights Act [London Review of Books]
Dechert partner Miriam Clegg calls on girls to “aim high and focus on your careers” as she and Fiona Bruce launch a campaign to bring business and schools together [Mail Online]
Bar Council chair: Lord Chancellor should be “very senior lawyer” [Legal Futures]
Gerard Pique to face judge after Barcelona centre-back told a police officer “you’re jealous because I’m famous” [The Independent]
9 of the most quirky judgments of recent times [JustCite Blog]
Law students the most likely to work their way through university [Lawyer2B]
Amal Clooney in Evening Standard’s ten most influential Londoners [Mail Online]
Oscar Pistorius sentencing: court wishes judge Happy Birthday [The Telegraph]
Lawyer who robbed 3 banks and shot state trooper gets 24 years [ABA Journal]
Residential conveyancing paralegal [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Awww … so heartwarming! Everyone must have had a good laugh before they upheld the death sentence of another mentally retarded person” [Legal Cheek Comments]
