The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Libel cases prompted by social media posts rise 300% in a year [The Independent]
Whiplash gravy train is grinding to a halt: Crackdown on bogus claims sees payouts fall by a third [Mail Online]
Top London law firm Leigh Day “inflated” Mau Mau compensation costs to taxpayer [The Telegraph]
Sentence for web trolls to be quadrupled to two years after shocking high-profile online abuse cases [Mail Online]
Medieval treason laws are the wrong weapon for fighting Isis [The Guardian]
Impeccably-dressed rookies attend Young Bar Conference [Twitter]
Why do football managers, players and barristers attending #YBC14 feel need to wear suit and tie?
— PJ Kirby (@kirby_pj) October 18, 2014
The Judge review — cliche-ridden courtroom drama [The Observer]
“I deserved my punishment”, says lawyer friend of John Grisham as he contradicts the author’s defence of his pedophile crimes [Mail Online]
Barroso says immigration cap would be against EU law [Financial Times]
The five associates taking law firm gender balance into their own hands [The Lawyer]
Who owns the moon? [The Guardian]
Exciting new drama ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ features a group of law students — one of whom is secretly a murderer [The Mirror]
In-house commercial law paralegal at technology company [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
Barristers are now providers of legal services … talk of Magna Carta is best left to actors [Legal Cheek Comments]