The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Revealed: Manchester Crown Court is one of the slowest with the average case taking ONE year to complete [Manchester Evening News]
The Tory barrister who defended the Krays and Dennis Nilsen on why Chris Grayling has gone too far [The Spectator]
Allen & Overy slashes £15m from staff costs [Law Society Gazette]
Mother fails in bid to block Christian couple adopting her two-year-old boy even though they are not a “religious match” [Mail Online]
Pupil settles school hairstyle legal action [BBC News]
Dr. Dre and beats sued over alleged headphone fraud [Huffington Post]
Leeds lawyer wins apology after Scottish £10 rejected by bus driver [Yorkshire Evening Post]
Dalston lawyer backs Afghan flooding appeal [Hackney Gazette]
Law graduates with September 2015 or later training contracts sought for global investment bank [Legal Cheek Jobs]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“I always like the ‘what makes us unique/why did you choose us?’ question — difficult to answer when what you really believe is that you couldn’t slip a fag paper between the lot of them.” [Legal Cheek Comments]