The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
Boris warns City under threat after European Court dismisses UK “Tobin tax” challenge [The Telegraph]
Joint committee on human rights criticises justice secretary’s proposals and calls into question his dual role as Lord Chancellor [The Guardian]
Slaughter and May bumps up NQ salary by more than 3% to £65,000 [The Lawyer]
The perks of life as a top QC [Twitter]
Lembit Opik = 'f*cking dickhead' & John Bercow = 'c*nt', explains QC pic.twitter.com/mmCZgQIozW
— Legal Cheek (@legalcheek) April 30, 2014
Horseferry Magistrates Court transformed into luxury apartments [Inside Property]
Tube strike promises law exam chaos [LawCareers.Net]
Law firms make up quarter of top graduate employers list [Lawyer2B]
Amal Alamuddin’s engagement ring from George Clooney: exclusive photos! [People]
Genghis Khan trial adjourned until 1410 AD? [Twitter]
Botched Oklahoma execution: “America is missing the point over death penalty” [The Telegraph]
Donald Popadick charged with indecent act [Huffington Post]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“Nightowl is a trolling self-publicist who posts under virtually every article on this site with inane and irrelevant rantings about wigs” [Legal Cheek Comments]