The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
New chief executive of Law Society says austerity is undermining access to UK judicial system [The Independent]
Foxtons could be hit with £42million legal bill after charging £616 for light fitting [Metro]
Blair son to wed divorce lawyer love [Mail Online]
Divorcee Michelle Young to be sued over financing of bitter legal battle [The Telegraph]
Saudi court upholds blogger’s 10 years and 1,000 lashes [BBC News]
Awkward for the MoJ [Twitter]
I have asked @MoJGovUK if it will make an updated statement on its commercial deal with Saudi Arabian justice system.
#RaifBadawi
— Jack of Kent (@JackofKent) June 8, 2015
Oops indeed! Leonardo DiCaprio sues French magazine for claiming he is having a baby with Rihanna… and he doesn’t want the child [Mail Online]
Fifa crisis: Irish FA says 5 million euro payment was an “inducement” to stop legal action [The Telegraph]
Magna Carta: The troubled journey to an independent judiciary [The Independent]
Feared by prosecutors and judges alike, brilliant defender of Christine Keeler and Lady Chatterley… now 100, Hutchinson of the Bailey is the most brilliant barrister you’ve never heard of [Mail Online]
Clooney takes barrister wife Amal back to the tiny Kentucky town where he grew up to be a star [Mail Online]
The world’s lawyer: Why America, and not another country, is going after FIFA [The Economist]
“If the bar does disappear surely there will be provisions for good barristers to cross qualify without very much difficulty.” [Legal Cheek Comments]