The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
An “embarrassed” judge told jurors at a murder trial to bring packed lunches to court because of government cuts [BBC News]
EU court rules that fatness can constitute a disability [The Telegraph]
Facebook and Twitter users who named teen murder suspects could face prosecution [Hartlepool Mail]
Law firm at centre of Al Swaedy inquiry has faced repeated criticism from judges [The Telegraph]
Ebenezer Grayling threatens to cancel Christmas [Guido Fawkes]
European court gives UK visa direction [BBC News]
New domestic abuse law on controlling behaviour unveiled [BBC News]
Theresa May proposes 28-day bail limit to stop people being left in legal limbo “for years” [The Independent]
Veteran lawyer who helped transform Leeds delivers verdict on northern legal business scene [Yorkshire Post]
Prison lovers lose legal fight [BBC News]
Reckless defence against Tory legal action [Guido Fawkes blog]
Private client paralegal required for dynamic and successful 12 partner firm based in North London [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Is the LSE a school or a university?” [Legal Cheek Comments]
