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Morning Round-Up: Friday 22 February

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UK’s most senior female judge says UK is “out of step with rest of world” and positive discrimination may be needed to redress the gender imbalance [The Guardian]

Suspended sentence for solicitor who published claims Kate and Gerry McCann caused Madeleine’s death [Liverpool Echo]

Ex-Cobbetts staff forced to bring own loo paper to work [RollOnFriday]

Question to judge: “What is meant by the term ‘Push to Enter’?” [The Telegraph]

Juries? It’s time they went the way of the ducking stool [The Guardian]

Does the Vicky Pryce trial suggest jurors are getting less intelligent? [BBC News]

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