The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Clerk “tried to rape female barrister” at solicitors’ Christmas party [The Telegraph]
Birmingham barrister is a “risk to any potential new clients”, says legal watchdog [Birmingham Mail]
Georgia man executed despite lawyer being impaired by alcohol at trial [The Guardian]
Shrien Dewani could be sued over wife Anni’s murder [The Telegraph]
DPP defends decision to prosecute rape complainant who killed herself [The Guardian]
Uber now banned from Spain: Popular taxi service app barred by judge just a day after it is thrown out of New Delhi [Mail Online]
Dr Luke suing celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos over Lady Gaga rape tweets [The Guardian]
HS2 campaigners lose Court of Appeal challenge [BBC News]
Pistorius’ five-year sentence showed too much mercy, Gerrie Nel tells court [The Guardian]
Report shows that the CIA tortured suspects at secret overseas sites for years, achieved nothing from it, and lied about it [The Independent]
Dispute resolution paralegal sought by highly regarded west-end law firm [Legal Cheek jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“‘We apologise for the understandable inconvenience and frustration this will cause’: Quite shameless to label the your own inconveniencing as understandable.” [Legal Cheek Comments]
