The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Turkish court arrests two British Vice News journalists for “terror offences” [BBC News]
Al-Jazeera trial: Amal Clooney urges pardon for journalists [BBC News]
The al-Jazeera convictions: a symptom of something fundamentally wrong [The Guardian]
How a rugby player who was paralysed in a match fought back to become a personal injury lawyer [Mail Online]
Yvette Cooper to fight government’s Trade Union Bill arguing that it contravenes human-rights law [The Independent]
80 jobs saved at collapsed law firm McClure Naismith [The Scotsman]
Human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce honoured by Irish state [BBC News]
Now the meddling UN sends lawyer to Britain to probe whether benefits reforms “violate the human rights of the disabled” [Mail Online]
When it comes to child protection cases, families are consistently let down by the legal profession [The Telegraph]
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini to take legal action over fake porn video? [OK!]
“By 2030 any shmuck in a cheap suit will be will be standing in court making a fool of the client.” [Legal Cheek Comments]
