The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Cameron’s snooping law would not help our spies. Why does he pretend otherwise? [The Spectator]
Paul Bernal: Don’t fast-track the new surveillance bill, it needs considered scrutiny [The Guardian]
Legal education: Perfect storm of circumstances finds the legal profession facing up to an era of change [The Independent]
Vardags law firm run by ‘Diva of Divorce’ Ayesha Vardag to open Manchester office [Manchester Evening News]
Leeds United: Cellino “will take ownership fight to the European courts” [Yorkshire Evening Post]
Iain Lee: Comedian “quits” BBC radio show after calling Christian lawyer “a bigot” [The Independent]
Research finds 27% drop in reported libel cases since Defamation Act 2014 [Press Gazette]
Corbyn questions shoot to kill policy and the legal basis for attack on ‘Jihadi John’ [The Spectator]
Same-sex marriage is now officially legal in the Republic of Ireland [Metro]
Man is sentenced for knocking out his sister’s two front teeth in a row over a Christmas record FORTY YEARS AGO [Mail Online]
Job alert: NQ to two-year PQE associate required at boutique City corporate law firm [Legal Cheek Hub]
“And that’s why lawyers shouldn’t marry each other!” [Legal Cheek Comments]