The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts.
I may have been wrong to condemn Christian B&B owners for banning gay couple because people with religious beliefs have rights too, says Baroness Hale [Mail Online]
Quitting law to teach English in Iraq [Stuff]
“I took an oath to defend this guy”: One lawyer’s eleventh hour scramble to halt a convicted murderer’s execution [The Independent]
Monitoring the standards of the Bar Standards Board [Twitter]
42 new followers in 12 hours. A good start – spread the news. Every Friday we intend to talk about BSB failings. #exposethebsb
— BSB Watch (@bsbwatch) June 20, 2014
Judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death “captured and executed by ISIS” [Mail Online]
“Op Cotton” fraud trial restarts after being halted by barristers’ protests at legal aid cuts [The Guardian]
Court confirms Egypt Muslim Brotherhood death sentences [BBC News]
Jeremy Meeks and more mug shot hotties [Hollywood Life]
Heard in court [Facebook]
“I was a participant of the competition last year and was one of the four winners. I’d highly recommend that any wannabe law students/ lawyers take part” [Legal Cheek Comments]