The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Retired High Court judge Baroness Butler-Sloss questions ‘inordinate’ Chilcot delay as Defence Secretary intervenes [The Telegraph]
Glasgow bin lorry crash: victim’s family seek private prosecution of driver [The Guardian]
Oscar Pistorius prosecutors push for murder charge [BBC News]
Exasperated barrister [Twitter]
Exasperated barrister to his client: 'Can you just try not to get arrested ever again. Please??'
— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) August 17, 2015
Law Society launches interactive map highlighting extent of court closures [Law Society]
Former law and criminology student caught with hidden stash of cannabis in car [Accrington Observer]
Order! Order! Camera crews swarm Manhattan Supreme Court as Donald Trump takes break from campaign to report for jury duty [Mail Online]
Korea plans July 2016 opening for European law firms [Global Legal Post]
Is law just social science in robes? [Huffington Post]
Commercial property paralegal at Sussex based law firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
“Can we have the hottest support staff next? Dave in I.T. deserves some lurve.” [Legal Cheek Comments]