The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Cameron blasted for claiming law firms are ‘hounding’ Iraq veterans [Daily Express]
Domestic violence victims forced to face abusers in court due to legal aid cuts [The Guardian]
Judge ordered Jeremy Hunt to delete tweet during hospital death trial [The Guardian]
Paper rounds “may breach European law”, says watchdog [BBC News]
Laurent Gbagbo: Ivory Coast ex-leader denies war crimes [BBC News]
Judge 1 – 0 Barrister [Twitter]
Defence barrister: 'I would invite my lord to impose the minimum sentence …' Judge: 'Well I know you would, that's what you're paid for'
— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) January 28, 2016
Jackson: Fixed costs needed for all claims up to £250k [Law Society Gazette]
Legal secretary jailed for stealing £79k from legal clients [BBC News]
Cowardly Iain Duncan Smith ducks MPs’ furious questions over court ruling on “rotten” Bedroom Tax [Mirror]
The hunt is on for a disgraced lawyer who fled bail after being convicted over human trafficking [Huddersfield Examiner]
Applications for Devereux’s mini pupillage scheme is now open [Legal Cheek Hub]
“Law students are generally dicks I find. A ‘vibe’ they continue with in practice – particularly, but by no means exclusively, at the Bar…” [Legal Cheek Comments]