The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Keir Starmer defends Human Rights Act in maiden Commons speech [The Guardian]
Legal highs become not so legal [BBC News]
Nick Cohen stands firm in his legal fight with Unite [Evening Standard]
Tesco to face star City QC Philip Marshall in legal battle with shareholders over accounting scandal [Evening Standard]
Inappropriate gavels court dress [Twitter]
Love this 'sexy judge' attire. Least she hasn't got a gavel. pic.twitter.com/xaOkip7mO1
— Laura (@lozhockers) May 28, 2015
Respected lawyer and coroner, 79, is jailed for five years and struck off after stealing £1million from a farmer’s estate to fund his holidays when he was made will executor [Mail Online]
Man who had home-made gun in his attic branded an ‘idiot’— by his own barrister [Gazette Live]
That is the problem with courts…too many criminals about [Charon QC]
Law GIF [Facebook]
Commercial Property Paralegal at well respected niche law firm [Legal Cheek Jobs]
“The ‘non-hardness’ of Law is demonstrated by the existence of the GDL — if you can boil down the core knowledge and analytical skills needed for a 3 year degree course into a one year course it means that that knowledge and those skills are not arcane mysteries.” [Legal Cheek Comments]